The Cattle Plague return for the 16th inst. shows that
the rate of seizure has risen to 6,000 a week, and Government has issued an order for the collection of statistics showing the number of cattle in the country. The cry for the suspension of locomo- tion increases, and only one new suggestion has been offered for cure. That one, however, may be important. An " M.D.," who ought to have signed his name, says he has dissected several diseased beasts, and has come to the conclusion that the Rinderpeit
is neither more nor less than small-pox. The pustules do not j snetrate the hide, hat they can, he says, be distinctly seen in the soft skin under it. He believes that no remedy will he found effective, but that vaccination will be a complete preventive. That suggestion is well worth study, though, coming from a physi-- cian, the veterinary surgeons will probably refuse to consider it.
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