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My fwine's feeding fo heartily on lucerne and 

 clover, prevented my bailiff's giving them any 

 corn for fome mornings. Soon after, I was in- 

 formed that one of my pigs, near four months old, 

 was affedled with a diforder called the blood. I im- 

 mediately attended, found the pig extended on the 

 grafs, in rather an infenlible ftate, with its dam 

 near it, in a feeming condolent manner, bewailing 

 the fituation of its offspring. I ordered the pig 

 to be put on its legs; it hung down its head, dag- 

 gered, and again laid down. Its belly appeared 

 to be full, and as my people alTured me it was the 

 bloody according to the general cuftom pradlifed in 

 this part of the country, I cut its tail, which bled 

 a little. 1 had it carried to the ftye, where it was 

 followed by the dam. Then I ordered fome barley- 

 meal to be immediately fcalded, and mixed with 

 milk, which it would not eat, nor could any quan- 

 tity be conveyed into its flomach by drenching. I 

 tried feveral other methods to relieve it, but inef- 

 fectually. In a few hours after it died. From the 

 appearance of its belly being full, I fufpe6led it 

 mud have eaten fome poifonous weeds, or fwal- 

 lowed fome venomous infed; curiofity induced me 

 to examine its vifcera, and with all poflible cir- 

 cumfpeCtion; I firft had its diftendeJ ftomach 

 opened, which contained only an elaftick air, and 

 a very fraall quantity of the meal, and milk which 



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