42 On Merino Sheep* 



In the use of ley, as in that of all other acrid medicines, 

 much care is necessary to prevent its passage down the 

 windpipe, which will be the certain consequence of open- 

 ing wide the mouth in drenching ; for deglutition, it is 

 well known, cannot be performed with distended jaws. 

 I once destroyed a valuable ewe by giving her ley, from 

 inattention to this circumstance. 



Believe me, very respectfully, and with much esteem, 

 Yours, 



Samuel L. Howell. 



Dr. James Mease,. 



