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' examination goes to all thefe in general, to every 
fleece in particular, and to every part of the fleece in 
fpecial. If he has the knowledge of his bufinefs, is 
‘a workman therein, and has made pertinent obferva- 
tions as he went on, he mutt be, ina greater or leffer 
degree, a man of experience; and confequently the 
moft proper perfon to be enquired of, as to judg- 
> ment about wool. 
J. COLLINS. 
POSTSCRIPT. 
IT flipt my memory in my laft letter,to mens 
tion a very common diforder ewes are liable to after 
yeaning, a ftoppage in the lacteal ducts of the udder, 
fometimes in that leading to one of the nipples and 
fometimes to both: the udder fwells univerfally with 
partial hard knobs, which foon bring on an inflam- 
mation, andif not ftopped, perhaps in the courfe of 
‘twenty-four hours part if not the whole of the udder 
Mortifiés, and as the mortification proceeds rapidly 
the fheep dies. The intention is to ftop the mortifi, 
cation. ‘The procefs of cure—is to clip off the wool, 
as clofe as poffible, to open with a razor or other very 
Aharp inftrument, the principal laéteal du& or dués, 
to fqueeze out the morbid matter, and putin a litile. 
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