istinct Earthquakes perceived here and in our Neighbourhood in the Space
of one Year.

_The Method of Cure for the Cattle._

As soon as ever there was any suspicion of the Contagion upon any one of
the Herd, the Tongue of that Beast was carefully examined, and in case
they found any Aptha or Blisters whether White, Yellow, or Black, then
they were obliged to rub, and scratch the Tongue with a Silver Instrument
(being about the breadth and thickness of a Six-pence, but indented on the
sides, and having a Hole in the middle whereby it is fastened to a Stick,
or Handle,) 'till it Bleed, then they must wipe away the Blood with new
unwashen Linnen. This done, a Lotion for the Tongue is used, made of
_Salt_ and good _Vinegar_.

The _Antidote_ for the diseased Cattle is thus described.

Take of _Soot_, _Gun-Powder_, _Brimstone_, _Salt_, equal Parts, and as
much Water as is necessary to wash it down, give a large Spoonful for a
Dose.

_After which we have a further Account of the same Contagion by the same
Hand._

----I lately received an Account of two ingenious Travellers, who assured
me the Contagion had reached their Quarters on the Borders of _Poland_,
having passed quite through _Germany_, and that the Method used in our
Relation preserved and cured their Cattle. They told me the Contagion was
observed to make its Progress Dayly, spreading near two _German_ Miles in
twenty four Hours. This they say was certainly observed by many curious
Persons, that it continually, without intermission, made progressive
Voyages, and suffered no neighbouring Parish to escape; so that it did not
at the same time infect Places at great distances. They added, that Cattle
secured at Rack and Manger, were equally infected with those in the Field.
It were worth the considering, whether this Infection is not carried on by
some volatile Insect, that is able to make only such short flights as may
amount to such Computations: For the account of the Ancients concerning
the grand _pestilential Contagions_, is very little satisfactory to this
Age, who derive it from a blind Putrefaction, from the incantations of ill
Men, or from the conjunction of inauspicious Planets.

The following Account we have from Dr. _Bernard Ramizzini_, concerning
the Contagion among the Black Cattle about _Padua_, Translated from
_Acta Erudit_.

In the Year 1712 a dreadful and violent Contagion seiz'd the _Black
Cattle_, which, like an increasing Fir