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was common in Dcvonfhire at that feafon of the 

 year, and at that time was very rife for many miles 

 around, which confirmed my fufpicion as to the 

 caufe of the diforder. 



About fixty of thefe lambs remaining, I pro- 

 pofed to the hind [bailiff] to try if we could not 

 preferve the remainder by flickering them from 

 the cold rains and damps of the night, by putting 

 them into an airy barn, which was contiguous to 

 the fields, to remain there till it might be thought 

 proper to let them out in the morning. This 

 effectually anfvvered the purpofe, for not one mif- 

 carried afterwards. In three or four days time, 

 their coats, which appeared of a warned fickly 

 white while they lay out, became a natural healthy- 

 looking yellow, and they appeared as lively and 

 healthy as at any time of the year. I fhould 

 therefore hope, if this method be purfued, many 

 thoufands may be prcferved by its means. 



Were I a farmer pofTefTed of a confiderable 

 flock, I would certainly erect a proper building 

 for the purpofe. It might be done at very little 

 expence, and a large quantity of manure got from 

 it, efpecially if the floor were covered with an ab- 

 forbent earth, or fand with ftraw over it. 



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