REVIEWS.

the President of the Board regarding veterinary matters. It would not be reasonable to suppose that Mr Hanbury's views on thesubjeet of swine-fever are original, in the sense that they are his own conclu­sions, based on close personal attention to all the available evidence. It is vastly more probable that he has too hastily adopted the opinions of some of those lay officers of the Board whose duties are euphemisti­cally described as administrative, but whose activities are too fre­quently extended to purely veterinary matters, which they are incap­able of fully understanding owing to the lack of an adequate pro­fessional training.

Horses on Board Ship. By M. Horace Hayes, F.R.C.V.S. London: Hurst & Blackett, 1902.

The Transport of Horses by Sea. By E. E. Martin, Vet.-Lieut., Army Veterinary Department. Calcuttta: Thacker, Spink & Co., 1901.

WE are happy to say we have nothing but praise for each of these works. They undoubtedly fill up what was a regrettable blank in veterinary literature; and one's first feeling on reading them is that it is a pity that they did not appear a little sooner.

Both authors are entitled to claim that they write with some authority on the subject of sea-transport of horses, and the matter of both books bears the stamp of experience. Captain Hayes, in addition to the knowledge gained during voyages to and from India and other places in charge of hflrses, possesses the experience gained while discharging the duties of veterinary officer on ships carrying remounts to South Africa. Lieutenant Martin, on the other hand, has for the past five years acted as Veterinary Officer of the Remount Depot at Calcutta, and Inspector under the Live Steck Importation Act, and for the past two years he has been engaged in superintending veterinary arrangements for the transport of remounts to China and South Africa. When one reflects that since the outbreak of the present war in South Africa the charge of horses on board ship has on many occasions had to be entrusted to recent veterinary graduates, devoid of all practical acquaint­ance with work of that kind, it is impC1ssible to avoid the conclusion that much animal suffering,would have be __ ,' averted, and much money saved to the nation, if the instructions which are contained in these two books had been available two years and a half ago.

The matters dealt with in both books are practically the same, and include the selection of ships suitable for the transport of horses, and all that comes under the head of the dietetics and general hygiene of horses during a sea voyage, Naturally, some slight differences of opinion are expressed by the two authors conct:rning a num,ber of points, but with regard to all important matters they are in substantial agreement. IVe strongly advise all thost: who may at any time have to undertake the veterinary care of horses on board ship to put themselves in possession of both books.