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they are not deftroyed by applying ¢ar, or fome other 
known remedy, to the aggrieved place, (a good pro- 
verb, not to lofe the fheep for a penny-worth of 
tar) they increafe fo faft in number and fize, thie 
the fheep itfelf is foon deftroyed. The attack is 
ufually near the fhort ribs, after fhearing, if warm 
moift weather, which in fome meafure hinders the 
yoke from rifing, (efpecially in unhealthy fheep) the 
flies more particularly attack the fheep, as the ftouts 
or dun-flies do horfes, in the like fort of weather.— 
N.B. Vhe wool increafes in fuch fheep, as to its 
finenefs and foftnefs, near and on the place affected, 
and it has always a yellow-greenifh colour. 
Giddinefs. This is faid to arife from a worm, or 
maggot, under the horn, on either fide, and that 
the turning round is the effect of this worm or mag- 
got. Ihave heard of cows being giddy alfo, and that 
a perforation has been made near the horn, the 
worm or maggot taken out, and the animal cured. 
Broken-mouthed. A manifeft fymptom of age 
and decay. 
The worm in the tail. The hair drops off, the 
animal reftlefs, frequently rubbing the part.affeGed, 
hindered from eating quietly its food by fmart or 
pain. (Query. Whether if the part were to be 
opened, the worm taken out, and a plafter applied, 
the cure might not probably be effected?) 
The /hab, fcab, or itch, faidto be infectious; I am 
told there are living infects, whether of the fame 
form 
