1)8 O/i the ]\[anagement of Sheep May 



formation, and who procureil me a memoir on the dlfeafes of 

 l}ifep in thiU part of the country. From tliis memoir the follow- 

 ing account of inoculating the fncep-pox is extraftcd. 



* l^he Seigneur of Maux, in the diocefe of Narbonne, is the 

 firil, and almoil: the only pcrfon who has pratlifed inoculating 

 the fmall-pox in his flocks ; and having been fuccefsful, during^ 

 ten years experience of the pratllce, his widow has ever fmce con- 

 tinued to follow his example. 



' la the montji of September, when the heat of fummer I* 

 pail, and before tliere is any danger of very cbld weather ; while 

 the pafiures are ilili iii good order, and the lambs, which are now 

 fix or fcven monchs old, are ftrong enough for withllanding the 

 force of the difeafe, this feafon is chofen as the litteft for commu- 

 nicating the fmalhpox to the ilieep. For this purpofe the frefh ikin 

 of a flieep, either ewe, wedder, or lamb, which has died of the 

 difeafe, or, inflead of that, one taken from a flieep which has 

 been killed while affected by it, is placed on the floor of the cot» 

 Into this cot all the young fliecp of the year are driven, and they 

 voluntarily rub and roll themfelves on tlie difeafed fkin. Very 

 foon afterwards the fymptoms of the difeafe begin to appear ; they 

 have a dull and heavy appearance, hold down their heads, are 

 fomewhat fcverifli, and loathe their food. In this fituation the 

 fliepherd is particularly careful to lead his flock to the bed and 

 mod plentiful paiiures. On purpofe to aid the eruption of the 

 pullules, bread dipt in wine is given to the fheep ; they are an- 

 xioufly preferved from being ex poled to great heat or great cold, 

 and particularly from rain. By thefe precautions they fpeedily re- 

 cover, and it very rarely happens that even one dies out of a flock 

 of three hundred. 



' Although the diforder has often fpread over the diflricls in 

 the neighbourhood of tlie ellate where this pra(Sl:ice prevails, there 

 has been no Inftance of a Angle fheep, after undergoing the above 

 defcribed operation, having been infe(Sl:ed a fecond time, (t ought 

 to have been noticed, that the inoculated flock is carefully pre- 

 vented from mixing with any other fheep, by keeping it in a fe- 

 parate cot, and on a particular pafture, the other fliepherds being 

 forbidden to ufe' either for the flocks under their charge. By thefe 

 precautions the difeafe is prevented from fpreading, and fuch pro- 

 prietors as do not wifli to have their flieep artificially infecfted, 

 have themfelves to blame if they do not avoid the place where the 

 difeafed fheep are kept. Since this pra6lice has been followed, it 

 has been obferved that the diforder has not returned fo frequently, 

 but that it has not proved in the leait degree lefs deftruAive to 

 the flocks which have not been inoculated. 



* Mr Berria adds, that the lambs never lofe their wool under 

 the influence of tlie inggulated diforder, and that their fleeces are 



equally 



