nasal discharge. At Kodok (jn the Wdiite Nile l was asked to see 
some sick cattle and examined the blood of an ox dving of what 
certainlv appeared lo be rinderpest. U presented ail the classical 
symptoms. The blood examination was négative and 1 had to 
leave before the animal died so that no post-mortem was made. 
ün re-visiting Kodok I found a small herd of sick dattle which 
were weak, anaemic and appeared to hâve a mild attack of rin¬ 
derpest. vSome of the herd had died. l examined the blood of one 
of tliese animais with négative restilts. Xow it so happened that 
two goats had accompanied me on m}^ journe}x They had been 
put ashore for grazing purposes at several places on the White 
Nile and had remained behind at Meshra-Kl-Rek while one jour- 
neved overland to VVau. A few davs out from Khartoum on the 
retiirn voyage one of the goats was noticed to be ill. Its most 
marked svmptom was an affection of the hide, the skin becoming 
sciirfv and the hair loose. Dr. Stevenson had noticed this in the 
goats he examined. It had lost appetite and was getting emacia- 
ted. On reaching Khartoum it was chloroformed and examined as 
T suspected it was the victim of coccidiosis. On killing the com- 
panion goat, which was apparentlv healthv, a similar infection 
was found to be présent. In both cases the sm'all intestine was 
the portion of g‘ut infected. I do not wish to forestall Dr. Ste- 
venson’s paper so will not enter into further details. In the bght 
of these facts, however, and the timelv warning issued bv MttXT- 
GOMERV it appears to me that the cattle both at Wau and at 
Kodok, which appeared to hâve rinderpest, may ver^' well hâve 
been suffering from coccidiosis. T bave drawn the attention of the 
Civil Secretary of the Sudan Government to the matter and hâve 
suggested that a Veterinarv Officer be sent to investigate the 
disease fully and, if it is found to be coccidiosis, to take such 
précautions as may be necessarv. 1 am also endeavouring to ob- 
tain material for examination and onlv regret I did not see Mont- 
gomery’s suggestive paper before T travelled soiith. 
{]]\’lï'co}nc Tropical Research Laboratories, Khartoum. 
Jtine I4th., igio.) 
Résumé. — A propos de la communication faite par M. Mont¬ 
gomery sur la coccidiose du bétail africain, M. Balfovr fait re¬ 
marquer que le docteur Stevenson a découvert une coccidiose 
des chèvres du Soudan. Lui-même a eu l’occasion d’en obser- 
