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SHEEP BATHS. 



opened to allow the escape of water, or lifting the sluice and 

 lowering the level of the water in the stream. (See Fig. 181.) 



Fig. 181. 



The men stand against the boarding, which is about four 

 feet high, and without wetting themselves, can wash the 

 sheep as follows : One stands at the opening of the enclo- 

 sure and secures a sheep; he turns it on its back and hands it 

 io the first man engaged at the bath, and the second seizes it 

 forthwith by the fore-legs. These two handwash the fleece 

 as well as they can, and force the sheep on to the next two 

 men, who, in their turn, deliver it to another assistant, who 

 rolls the sheep over on its legs, that it may run up the hill. 

 Five men are sufficient for the work, but seven or eight can 

 be employed, and the bathing more speedily and effectually 

 carried through. 



The water can be renewed at any time by lifting the 

 sluice and allowing it to flow off; but we are assured by Mr 

 Simpson's very experienced shepherd, that it is not advan- 



