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WABBLES. 
On July 25tli Mr. Geo. Moore, Secretary of the Wisbech Chamber 
of Agriculture, mentioned, in reply to my enquiries regarding warbles 
in horses :—“ Mr. Luddington, of Ely, informed me that a few days 
ago he squeezed a warble-maggot from one of his horses (a nag-pony) 
fully developed, but not quite so large as the Ox Warble.” 
On June 17th Mr. Ealph Lowe, of Sleaford, Lincolnshire, mentioned 
a case of a horse purchased at Lincoln putting up “ one warble 
swelling similar to those on cattle.” 
Mr. Gaskell, of Prenton Hall Farm, near Birkenhead, also informed 
me, in conversation on the 18th of May, that he had at that time a 
young horse with a warble on his back; and Mr. W. Bailey, Head 
Master of the Aldersey Grammar School at Bunbury, Tarporley, 
Cheshire (an agricultural district where, as noted in the paper on Ox 
Warble Fly, the pupils have been doing good service in exterminating 
the latter pest), wrote me, on May 7th, that one of the boys, whilst 
grooming a colt during the previous week, had found a swelling on the 
neck, and squeezed out a warble-maggot; and that about a month 
previously two others of the boys had squeezed one out of the flank of 
a cart-horse. A careful inspection was made as to whether more 
warbles were present, but no more were found. 
As the above kind of attack has not hitherto been much observed 
in England, it may be of some service to draw attention to it, as one 
which may (if occurring on a tender part, or one liable to be rubbed 
by the saddle) give a good deal of trouble if not attended to in time; 
and likewise as explaining the nature of lumps or knobs, of which the 
cause is not always fully understood. In the coming season I should 
be greatly obliged if those who have warble-maggots removed from 
horse-warble would favour me with specimens, and still more, if any 
who may develop the perfect fly would let me have the opportunity of 
examining it, as it would be both of use and interest to know the 
precise kind. 
On May 31st I was favoured by Mr. Stratton, of the Dutfryn, 
Newport, Mon., with the following information :—“ I have often seen 
warbles in horses, and they differ from those in cattle in the way you 
describe. You seldom find more than one in a horse, and that one is 
sometimes not in the back.I have just now been examining 
one in a three years’ old colt.” 
There appears to be peculiarity in some instances as to the size of 
the orifice, or date of opening of the warble, or duration of time during 
which it continues open; for Mr. Stratton noted, there does not appear 
to be any visible orifice in the warble as in the case of cattle, and, 
though in some cases the orifice is reported as large enough to allow 
of the breathing-pores of the maggot being seen, it will be observed by 
the following report of Mr. Dalton (which I have drawn attention to 
