American Veterinary Review, 
MARCH, 1884. 
ORIGINAL ARTICLES. 
FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE AT PORTLAND, ME. 
By Geo. H. Bailey, D.Y.S., Commissioner for Maine on Contagious Diseases. 
I beg to report that on February 2d there arrived at this port 
by steamer Ontario, of the Dominion Line, twenty-eight head of 
Hereford cattle, consisting of six bulls, twenty-one heifers and 
one calf. The herd was inspected on board ship by U. S. Com¬ 
missioner Thayer, and, being pronounced free from disease, were 
allowed to land. By some oversight, or misunderstanding be¬ 
tween the United States officials here, and the agent of the Grand 
Trunk road, the animals—instead of being transported by cars to 
near the Shattuck farm—were allowed to be driven over the pub¬ 
lic highway through Portland and Deering to their destination at 
quarantine. On the morning of that day, Mr. James L. West, 
of Falmouth, drove into the city a pair of black oxen drawing a 
load of wood to near the steamer’s landing, and as the imported 
cattle came up from the wharf lie followed along behind them 
with his team as far as the termination of Washington street, a 
mile or more in distance. 
On the 5th of February, Mr. Ben Tippen, the attendant of 
the imported cattle on the voyage from Europe, found they were 
off their feed, and having seen some cases of aphthous fever in 
England, communicated his suspicions to the superintendent, Mr. 
