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all the time of its life a very lazy disposition, and does not 

 like to make any use either of its legs or wings. Its head 

 and corslet together are about as long as its body, which is 

 composed of five rings, streaked on the back, a pale yellow 

 and brown are then disposed in irregular spots, the belly is 

 of the same colors, but they are more regularly disposed, 

 for the brown hue makes three lines, one in the middle, and 

 one on each side, and all the intermediate spaces are yellow. 

 The wings are nearly of the same length with the body, and 

 are a little inclined in their position, so as to lie upon the 

 body. They do not, however, cover it, but a naked space 

 is left between them. The fly will live two months after it 

 is first produced, but will take no nourishment of any kind, 

 and possibly may be of the same nature with butterflies, 

 which never take any food while living in that state. 



The treatment for this affection is comprised in one word, 

 and that word is tar. It may be applied in any way to the 

 nose, but the best method of doing so is to bore a hole in a 

 log, fill with tar, and put some salt over it. In this way a 

 hundred sheep will tar their own noses in a few minutes. 



SCAB 



is a cutaneous disease, owing to an impurity of the blood, 

 and is most prevalent in wet lands, or in rainy seasons. It 

 is cured by tobacco- water, brimstone and alum boiled to- 

 gether, and then rubbed over the sheep. Another remedy 

 is to dip the sheep in a strong decoction of tobacco, rubbing 

 it well into the wool and skin. 



HYTADIDS 



is a distemper caused by bladders of water gathering in the 

 head. No cure has been discovered. 



THE RICKETS 



is a hereditary disease, for which no antidote is krown. The 

 first symptom is a kind of light headiness, which makes the 

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