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CORRESPONDENCE. 
temperature normal, and slight retraction of eyes upon excite¬ 
ment, but no contraction of any of the muscles of body or tail; 
eating well and no stiffness in moving; gave 25 c.c., and 
owner reported two days later, stating the mare appeared per¬ 
fectly well, but had some swelling on abdomen, which disap¬ 
peared ten days later after she gave birth to a live foal, which 
is doing fine. 
CORRESPONDENCE. 
A VETERINARIAN’S VISIT TO THE PHILIPPINES. 
Honolulu, H. I., Aug. 24, 1899. 
Editors American Veterinary Review : 
Dear Sirs :—Ever since my return from Manila, I have 
intended to write you of my trip, as promised, on the Conemaugh , 
U. S. mule transport, but have put it off from time to time. 
The life on a mule transport is full of charms (?), especially 
when one has to work at a disadvantage—as we were subjected 
to on the Conemaugh on her trip from San Francisco, Cal., to 
Manila, via Honolulu, at which place I joined her as assistant 
to Dr. J. A. Welsh. Her trip from San Francisco to this port 
was full of hardships, with green men and seasickness. The 
animals were pretty well knocked about, suffering a loss, I 
think, of eight mules. ( The weather was bad, cold and foggy, 
after leaving San Francisco. After her arrival here the mules 
were landed for a rest, and the quartermaster here came to the 
conclusion that Dr. Welsh needed an assistant with the 285 
mules that were to be taken on to Manila. The facilities 
on board were of the poorest kind, and there was more than one 
veterinarian could handle and do justice to himself, and in 
anticipation of any unlooked for sickness I was asked to go. 
The vessel was very poorly fitted up for the transportation 
of live stock ; the animals were in stalls, side by side, and it was 
simply impossible to remove one that was placed aboard among 
the first unless you moved nearly every animal on the vessel. 
It was impossible to go behind the animals, as their sterns were 
right up against the side of the vessel, and to give an injection 
at one time of the voyage we had to get on the outside of the 
vessel to accomplish it. 
A few electric fans were placed through the lower hold, but 
were about as much use as a common Japanese fan used by a 
child ; they were always out of order, and the only thing they 
