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goats, depositing its eggs on the back of the animal, 

 where it forms a small tumour, in which the larvic 

 remain from autumn till the commencement of the 

 ensuing summer. Only the fattest and most vigorous 

 animals are attacked, and the larvae are very difficult to 

 destroy. Fischer found, from numerous experiments, 

 that even spirits, and a strong solution of salt, could 

 not affect them. The fumes of burning sulphur alone 

 seemed to annoy them, and to it they speedily fell 

 victims. This, however, is a remedy which cannot be 

 applied to the skin of the sheep, so that our only re- 

 source is the repeated application of turpentine to the 

 tumours on the back, taking care to slit them up so as 

 to facilitate its action. 



(151.) Sore Teats. When a ewe is observed to 

 hinder the lamb from sucking, its teats should be exa- 

 ^^^ mined. If much inflamed, a poultice should be applied, 

 I^Bind the lamb placed under the charge of another nurse. 

 "^"Suppuration will thus be promoted, and the matter 

 may be allowed to escape by making an opening for it 

 at the place it points. If there is only. a little tender- 

 ness of the skin, all that is required is the washing it 

 with a solution either of sugar of lead or sulphate of 

 zinc, eight grains to the ounce of water. 



(152.) Foot-rot. No disease occasions more acute 

 suffering to the sheep, and annoyance to the farmer, 

 than foot-rot, and no disease has led to longer argu- 

 ments as to its contagious or non-contagious nature. 

 Thanks, however, to Mr Dick of Edinburgh, these 

 disputes are closed for ever, as any one may be con- 

 vinced, by perusing his clever and sarcastic paper at 

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