the juftness of their make, they stand the cold and coarse food the better. I am, SIR, Your much obliged And obedient humble fervant, THOMAS ECCLESTON, Scarifbrook, 20th Jan. 1789. Mr. MORE. P. S. I take the liberty of troubling you with a few remarks on the neceffity of, or the advantage that would accrue to the public from, a Veterinarian School. In other countries they have already found the benefit of that useful inftitution. I am informed, at Copenhagen, a Royal Veterinarian School is established; and our wife political neighbours have two, viz. one at Paris, the other at Lyons. From feveral of my acquaintance in France, I am informed that horse-furgery and every other branch of farriery is much improved fince their establishment. A few facts, that have come to my knowledge, I beg leave to mention; and have inclofed for your perufal, an account of the late diforder among the cattle at Standifh Hall, which was fent to me, as I act for Mr. Standish during his stay abroad. Mr. Moorcroft, who attended, and drew up the account, is a young man of the greatest abilities, and has agreed to turn his thoughts from the practice of phyfic and furgery, entirely to that of farriery in every branch, provided he can meet with fufficient and certain encouragement in the establishment of a Veterinarian School. If you can point out any method likely to raise a subscription for fuch a purpose, you will confer a fingular favour on all the farming line. Mr. Dicconfon, of Afton Frodsham, Cheshire, a few years ago loft in a short time eighty head of cattle: neither the cause, nor a cure of the disorder, has as yet been difcovered.. I have not heard of any appearance fince his cattle died. In the year 1780, I loft eleven out of thirten rearing calves by the diforder here called the Hyon. I have confulted the faculty, and all the farriers hereabouts, who as yet have not been able to determine, whether it be of the inflammatory or putrid kind: one half of the rearing stock in this neighbourhood, in my opinion, fall victims to it. In the year 1781, I loft by the fame diforder thirteen out of fifteen rearing calves; at prefent have only twentyeight calves living out of upwards of seventy that were reared the last year. From Tuesday the 6th to Monday the 11th of this month, I loft by the Hyon twentyfour head, although every affistance was procured this neighbourhood afforded. Moft of the others that I have loft, have died of the above diforder, but cannot exactly afcertain the number. The disorder seems chiefly confined to the two counties, Lancashire and Cheshire. It is not to be found in any book of farriery it resembles what is termed in Lincolnshire, amongst the fheep, the Refp: it is mortal, and generally feizes the bestconditioned of the ftock, but feldom or never after they have been put to the bull. HISTORY HISTORY of the DISORDER among the HORNED CATTLE, at Standish, near Wigan. N the 20th of October, 1788, a hei ON fer in calf was found dead in the field: fhe had been feen the day before, and no marks of disease were at that time obfervable. In the course of the day, two more cows were attacked with difficulty of breathing, confiderable enlargement of the nostrils and throat, preceded by, and accompanied with great proftration of ftrength, heavy languid countenance, loss of appetite, and a discharge of mucus from the noftrils, which at firft was fluid and colourless, but toward the close of the disorder became yellowish, and of thicker confiftence, though not fetid an increafed degree of these fymptoms terminated in death, usually in less than |