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ference to the history of the case, and received the following 
reply:— 
Market Drayton ; April 26, 1864. 
My dear Sir, —Having made further inquiries into the 
case of the cow, I regret to say I am unable to add anything 
of importance to the particulars wffiich you are already in 
possession of. Her owner, Mr. Minor, has, since my last 
communication to you, informed me that he bought her at 
the public auction mart in this town last year, and that she 
was then in fair condition, and had a calf by her side. She 
did not make red water until two weeks after the purchase. 
She milked well all the season. 
Mr. M. is unable to say whose property the cow was 
before coming into his possession, which is very unfortunate, 
as I cannot, in the absence of this information, trace her 
previous history. From the fact of her having brought a 
living calf —supposing the one she had sucking her to be her 
genuine offspring —I should infer that her parturition had not 
been very difficult or attended with violence, and I am 
strengthened in this supposition by the circumstance of her 
being exposed for sale at public auction within a short period 
—say a fortnight—after this event had occurred. 
She was of the breed common to this and the adjoining 
counties of Staffordshire and Cheshire, i. e. } a crossed short¬ 
horn. In some dairies you will find nearly pure shorthorns, 
while in others you have only a third or fourth strain. 
I am sorry the whole history of the case is so meagre and 
unsatisfactory, more especially as the case possesses features 
of no uncommon interest. 1 feel gratified that I may have 
contributed in a degree, however slight, to the pleasure I 
know you always take in these investigations. 
Yours, &c. 
OBSERVATIONS BY PROFESSOR VARNELL. 
I may premise my remarks by stating that I examined the 
parts referred to with more than usual interest, as I felt that 
the details of the case had an important bearing, whether 
considered medically or legally. 
The case v/as supposed to have been one of <e red water ” 
by those who had the charge of the cow previous to Mr. 
Kettle seeing her, simply from the fact of her urine being of 
a reddish colour. This gentleman, however, as will be seen, 
