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Cattle Plague in Africa

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THE following extract from a report addressed by Captain F. Lugard, C.B., managing director and leader of the expedition sent out by the British West Charterland to work its mining rights in Ngamiland, referring, as it does, to the outbreak of cattle disease which now paralyses transport throughout South Africa, may be of interest to the readers of NATURE.

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KIRK, J. Cattle Plague in Africa. Nature 54, 171 (1896). https://doi.org/10.1038/054171a0

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