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of veterinary surgeons, at Vienna, in August, by all
who were best acquainted with the disease, that
there was no known instance of its having been
dormant for more than nine days; and, therefore,
it was agreed, contrary to the wishes of two English
veterinary surgeons, that ten days were sufficient
for protective quarantine.
Taking all these facts into consideration, as well
as the evidence brought before the Royal Commissioners
as to the generally healthy state of
foreign cattle, there is nothing to connect the present
outbreak with the cargo from Revel.
It is far more probable that the malady was imported
at a later date, for Hungarian and Galician
cattle are now brought to us from Hamburg and
Rotterdam in considerable numbers almost every
week. Both of these countries are in close proximity
to the infected steppes of Russia; and the completion
of the two great lines of railway which traverse
Central and Northern Germany, and connect Hamburg
and Rotterdam with both Vienna and Lemberg,
have enabled us to obtain without delay these
new supplies; and it must not be forgotten that
Hungary has this year suffered severely from the
plague.
Another probable source of the malady is with
the cattle imported from Holland. It is stated by