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favourable seat to the typhic miasma trans- 

 mitted by foreign animals, or exceptionally 

 generated by themselves. These cares and 

 attentions must be greatly increased, when the 

 foreign epizootia has spread itself, as in the 

 present instance, among our flocks and herds. 

 Then, indeed, we must be careful not to load 

 these creatures with pampering food for the 

 purpose of fattening them. For it may be 

 profitable, and the breeder may plume himself, 

 on having produced an adipose monstrosity to 

 such a degree as to bury, for instance, a pig's 

 head in the fleshy exuberance of his thorax ; 

 but such a derogation from the laws of nature 

 borders closely on disease, and assuredly such 

 an unnatural accumulation, predisposes the 

 glutted animals to epizootic diseases in general. 



The water given them to drink must be 

 attended to with particular solicitude. It 

 should never be drawn up from ponds or 

 stagnant rivers. The animals kept in the 

 pasture grounds should always find at their 

 disposal, in receptacles intended for their use, 

 a supply of pure fresh water. 



After these precautions with respect to their 

 food and sustenance, attention must next be 



