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of fence near the turnpike-road 
(this may be remembered by many); 
or a border of common box mey 
be planted, as is usual in many 
gardens. 
At particular places on this ocean 
of gravel, posts may be fixed up, 
indicating particular circumstances 
of monsoons, trade-winds, and cur- 
rents, &c. prevailing in particular 
parts, to amuse the contemplative 
owner, who, taking a few turns be- 
fore breakfast on the surface of this 
flat globe, ‘* Where Nature’s volume 
is attempted to be widely exposed 
to view” (as Thomson says) the 
powers of his mind will expand, 
and he will, I am persuaded, be 
ofien inclined to say, “* This is ob- 
vious: I see this circumstance in a 
new light from what I formerly 
learned from books and maps only. 
Isee a passage from the Downs to 
India is nothing: the difficulty dis- 
appears, compared with the hard-, 
sbips and fatigue of sailing in narrow 
seas. Here seems to live kind ease; 
while in a passage from London to 
Newcastle, what with anchoring and 
weighing every twelve hours, reef- 
ing and handing of sails, heaving the 
lead, &c. in a distance of less than 
three hundred miles, and perhaps 
seven or eight times in a summer, 
a young man must learn the duty of 
a seaman.” ’ Such reflections: will 
naturally occur to the contemplative 
mind, and many others of the same 
nature. I therefore take upon me 
to say, that the idea of making such 
a map is worthy of a prince, and 
within the reach of a private gentle- 
man to put in execution. I think 
it would very much adorn the villa 
of the minister of a great commer- 
cial nation; nay, even the palace of 
royalty itself. 
ANNUAL REGISTER, 1702. 
On the Scabin Sheep. By Paul Treby 
Treby, Esq. of Plympton, Devonshire. 
From Annals of Agriculture, vol. 17+ 
Sir, Plympton, Nov. 2. 1791. 
SEND you a recipe for the scab’ 
in sheep, which I have found in- 
fallible. 
gallons of brine, 
gallons of urine, 
lb. sulpbur vivum, 
lb. white copperas,. 
lb. roch alum, 
Ib. stone brimstone, 
Ib. leaf tobacco, 
handful of fox-glove leaves, 
ditto of broom twigs. 
These ingredients to be boiled 
until reduced to two gallons, and 
then corked, 
The wool should be parted on the 
buds of scab, and a small quantity of 
the mixture poured on them: this 
should be repeated three or four 
times, and wel] rabbed in,, I scaree- 
ly ever knew this application fail the 
first tine. My sheep running on a 
common, where this disorder pre- 
vailed very much, when first I kept 
them, I found it very troublesome ;, 
but I have now the pleasure, with: 
this recipe, not only to find my own 
sheep quite clear of it, but those of 
my neighbours. 
I use as much sublimate as will lay 
on a shilling (I forget the weight) to 
a quart of warm water, in which [ 
sometimes put a wine-glassful of spi- 
rits of turpentine, for the worms in 
sheep. My servant says this is too 
strong, and that he often replenishes 
his bottle with urine: it answers com- 
pletely. I bave always experienced 
that camphor alone expelled bugs. 
Your devoted servant, 
Pau T. TREBY. 
P. 5. 
DD ioheopledenii! ee OD 09 
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