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fullv, when he starts afresh, as delirious and as imgo- 

 veinable as before. 



The first and tlie o^rand remedy is bleedino^; and that 

 from the jugular, and coj)iously, and as quickly as pos- 

 sible. The guide to the quantity will be the dropping 

 of the animal. To bleeding, physicking will of course 

 succeed, and the sheep should be removed into a less 

 luxuriant pasture. 



COLD AND DISCHARGE FROM THrJ NOSE, AC. 



The symptoms of catarrh are heaviness, watery 

 eyes, running from the nose. The discharge is thick, 

 and clings about the nostril, and obstructs it, and the 

 sheep is compelled to suspend its grazing almost every 

 minute, and with violent efforts blow away the obstruc- 

 tion. Cough frequently accompanies this discharge. 



When the shepherd perceives this nasal gleet, he 

 should keep a sharp look-out over his flock, and if there 

 is one that stays behind, or will not eat, he should 

 catch him, and remove him to a warmer situation, and 

 bleed him, and give him the laxative and fever drinks, 

 and nurse him with mashes and hay. 



THE ROT. 



Symptoms. — The sheep is dull, lags behind in his 

 journey to and from the fold, and he does not feed 

 well ; but there are as much early symptoms of the 

 sta2"?ers as of the rot. 



This, however, goes on some time, and then a palish 

 yellow hue steals over the skin, easy enough to be seen 

 when the wool is parted, and most evident in tlie eye- 

 lids, and that which is generally called the white of the 

 eyes. Tlie lips and mouth are soon tinged, but not to 

 so g-reat a degree. 



The tongue especially becomes pale and lived. The 

 animal is feverish ; the heat of the mouth, and the pant- 

 ing, and heaving of the Hanks, and general dulness, 



