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concise. Still, we feel well satisfied that it will prove a good 
acquisition to veterinary, literature, and that dedicated as it is to 
our esteemed friend, George Fleming, it will meet with the good 
success it deserves. 
NEWS AND SUNDRIES. 
Harvard Veterinary Department. —Students in veterinaiy 
medicine at Harvard College will be received on and after Sep¬ 
tember 26th. 
Strange Disease. —A disease, said to be a combination of 
black measles and scarlet fever, is raging at Sitka, Alaska. What 
next ? 
White Deer. —A deer, milk-white in color, was received 
from Maine recently by one of the dealers in Quincy Market, 
Boston. It is said to be the first albino of that species of animal 
ever received there. 
Cattle Quarantine. —The Cattle Quarantine Commissioners 
find a difficulty in securing proper ground for their stations at 
the principle ports. They have written to the trunk lines of rail¬ 
road asking their suggestion as to sites .—American Cultivator. 
Aid to Scientific Hesearch. —M. Pasteur has received foi 
prosecuting his scientific researches in regard to the contagious 
diseases of animals grants of money amounting altogether to 
$30,000 .—American Farmer. 
Large Colt.— Col. Holloway has a two-year-old Clydesdale 
stallion, Baily Williams, weighing, in only moderate flesh, over 
1,800 lbs. He is by the great Druid, and out of a Prince of 
Wales mare. He promises to rival his renowned sire in size. 
Druid’s weight was about 2,500 lbs .—National Live Stock 
Journal. 
Hydrophobia and Dog-muzzles. —In Bordeaux, between 
1876-78, when dogs were muzzled, there were 5 mad dogs which 
bit 52 other dogs, one cat, and one man. Between 1871-81, 
