176 LATE OUTBREAK OF SMALLPOX IN SHEEP. 
—the more so because it was entirely new in this part of the 
country, and because its appearance in proverbially one of 
the most healthy flocks in Wiltshire could be accounted for 
by none of the known means by which such diseases are 
usually communicated. 
The flock in which it first broke out was, as is well known, 
the property of Mr. Joseph Parry, of Allington, near this 
town. Seeing his sheep sicken and drop off, one after 
another, by a loathsome disease which no person in this 
neighbourhood could understand, Mr. Parry determined at 
once to seek the advice of Professor Simonds (the great 
authority at the Royal Veterinary College). He accordingly 
went to London, and brought the professor back with him 
to Allington ; and we believe we may say that it was entirely 
owing to the promptitude which Mr. Parry thus showed, and 
the care which he exercised throughout to prevent contami¬ 
nation with his neighbours’ flocks —added to the efforts of 
an excellent association which was afterwards set on foot 
—that the arrest of what threatened at one time to spread 
ruin amongst the flocks of Wiltshire is to be ascribed. The 
result, however, was, as many of our readers know, a loss of 
something like .£1000 to Mr. Parry; and it was as an ex¬ 
pression of sympathy on the part of his friends, and to mark 
their sense of his honorable conduct on the occasion, that 
a testimonial was some time since set on foot. The response 
to the movement will be best understood when we say that 
in a very few weeks upwards of £120 was subscribed, and 
Thursday last, February 4th, was the day appointed for the 
presentation. 
At least fifty persons were present on the occasion, in¬ 
cluding Mr. Brown (Avebury), Mr. Brown (Horton), Mr. 
T. Brown, jun., Mr. Grant (Manningford), Mr. S. Hitch¬ 
cock, Mr. Brown (Hazlebury), Mr. W. Ferris, Rev. G. T. 
Ward, Mr. S. R. Neate, Mr. W. Plummer, Mr. R. Coward, 
Mr. W. Long (Devizes), Mr. A. Giddings, Mr. J. Wentworth, 
Mr. C. Giddings, Mr. Sloper (Bishop’s Cannings), Mr. M. 
Sloper, jun., Mr. Cockram, Mr. F. Stratton, Mr. N. Went¬ 
worth, Mr. J. Edwards, Mr. A. Baden, Mr. T. Simpkins, Mr. 
W. P. Hayward, Mr. W. P. Hay ward, jun., Mr. H.Puckeridge, 
Mr. W. Treen, Mr. Jno. Tanner, Mr. Pearce (Haxon), Mr. 
Jos. Stratton, Mr. J. Young, Mr. W. Young, Mr. Arnold, 
Mr. Jas. Simpkins, Mr. Benjamin, Mr. T. Henly, Mr. W. 
Stratton, Mr. B. Baily, Mr. W. Tayler, &c. 
Mr. George Brown , in proposing that Mr. Grant, of Man¬ 
ningford, take the chair (which was seconded by Mr. Ben¬ 
jamin ), said he was anxious to take that opportunity of 
