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difficulty of procuring samples of such milk, and other
circumstances, to which I need not now more particularly
refer, prevented my following up the enquiry.
From Professor Wanklyn I afterwards learned, that he
had subsequently examined other samples of milk taken
from cows affected with Foot and Mouth Disease with
the same result, and that his opinion had been confirmed
by other observers.
FOOD.
In the spring of the present year, the Inspector
under "the Sale of Food and Drugs Act" seized, in the
shop of a tradesman in the parish, about 1 cwt. of
putrid meat; and again, two days afterwards, on other
premises of the same tradesman, about 1½ cwt. Both
lots were about to be made into sausages. The
Magistrate, after inspecting the meat, gave an order
for its immediate destruction. The owner was subsequently
prosecuted by the Vestry, and fined £12 and
costs.
Two barrels of crabs, weighing about 80 lbs., were
recently seized by the Inspector, and were destroyed
by him with the consent of the owner, to whom he
gave a certificate enabling him to recover the purchasemoney
from the salesman.
THE CANAL.
My attention has been frequently directed to the
condition of the water, more particularly in the Basin.
Last year it remained in a tolerable state, there being
no smell from it, nor any sign of putrefaction.
This year, owing to the exceptionally high