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VACCINATION OF SIIEEP. 
and prevent them also from doing injury to others. I am, 
however, fully satisfied by my examination, that no such 
operation h/is ever been performed on this bull, either before 
or since he came into his lordship’s possession; and there¬ 
fore that these hairless spots are in their original and natural 
condition. 
Jas. B. Simonds, 
Professor of Cattle Pathology , Sfc. 
Royal Veterinary College, Great College Street, 
Camden Town, London, N.W.; 
June 30 th 1864. 
Dear Sir, —I send herewith the report relative to my 
examination of the bull. I am sorry that unforeseen circum¬ 
stances connected with professional matters, have prevented 
my attending to this at an earlier date. 
It required care and thought, which I could only give it 
to-day. Yours, very truly, 
Jas. B. Simonds. 
Mr. Fulcher. 
CORRESPONDENCE RESPECTING THE VACCINATION OE 
SHEEP. 
The following correspondence, arising out of a lecture 
recently delivered by me on the subject of the smallpox of 
sheep, is reproduced here, it being important that the fullest 
publicity should be given to the proceedings of the parties 
concerned in the important question of the vaccination of 
sheep. J. B. S. 
To the Editor of the Marie Lane Express . 
Sir, —I feel that it is only due to the memory of my late 
father to contradict some statements made by Professor 
Simonds, in his address to the Royal Agricultural Society, in 
Hanover Square, on Smallpox in Sheep. I have no wish to 
enter into any discussion upon the subject of vaccination; 
but I cannot allow some remarks which he has made relative 
to my father to pass unnoticed, they being untrue. 
First.—Mr. Simonds says, “ he does not believe Mr. 
Overman’s sheep were ever vaccinated.” It is to be re¬ 
gretted that Mr. Simonds should have assailed the statement 
of one who, being gone, is unable himself to refute it; but I, 
