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who are accuftomed to run after fheep, wherever 
they fee them; and from the fheep-biting dog, who 
catches the fheep, ufually lambs, by the throat, ma- 
king a hole, with one of his holders, into the jugular 
artery or vein, and fucks the blood till the lamb or 
fheep dies. If the dog be mafter of his trade, he 
. feldom tears the viétim, and hardly leaves a fign where 
the mifchief was done. Thefe things ought to be 
attended to with care, watchfulnefs, and diligence. 
The faggers. This diforder attacks lambs. When 
ewes and Jambs are put into water-meadows in the 
{pring for feeding, it is ufual to hurdle off a quantity 
ata time, according to the number, and the length 
of time they are to be fed; in the hurdling it off, 
there is what is called a gate, fufficiently open to let 
the Jambs through, and keep the ewes back; the 
lambs having the milk of the ewes and the firft-run 
of the grafs, the largeft, ftouteft, and beft of them 
frequently die of this diforder, which feems to be of 
an apoplectick kind, from a too great fulnefs of blood. 
If difcovered in time, the fhepherds frequently bleed 
them in the eye-vein, and thus a cure is obtained. 
The chill is mentioned before. Query. If the. 
fheep which are cotted every night, as in Hereford- 
fhire, Monmouthfhire, Shropfhire, &c. are liable to 
be hurt by this diforder? 
N.B. When fuch a multitude of fheep died after- 
fhearing in June 1795, 1 found by enquiry they 
were of the beft, ftouteft, and healthieft fheep; as 
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