1782. NORFOLK. 175 



Having cut off the end of the bag, and 99. 



drawn the tefticle contained in it, he proceeded CUTTING 

 to'take the other out of the fide oppofite to that LAMBS. 

 on which the palpable tefticle lay*. 



The lamb was laid flat on its fide, upon the 

 ground ; one man holding it by its neck and 

 fore legs , and another ftretching it out, by 

 drawing its hind legs back ; both of them at 

 the fame time preffing their hands hard to the 

 ground ; fo that the lamb had no liberty to 

 ftruggle. 



The cutter then dipt off a patch of wool, 

 about the fize and fliape of a duck's egg, clofe 

 below the loin, and about half way betweea- 

 the huckle and the Ihort ribs. ' 



He then made an incifion wide enough to 

 admit, freely, his fore finger ; with which ho 

 fearched for the ftone, and prefendy brought 

 it out; and, difentangling it very dexteroufly 

 from the film with his knife, drew out the 

 firing. 



He immediately fowed up the orifice, and 

 coated over the wound with cart-greafe. 



It is remarkable that the concealed tefticles 



* It increafes the difficulty in cutting ridgils, when the 

 palpable tefticle has been priorly extracted ; as the ocera- 

 tor, then, knows not which fide to cut on ; and is fre- 

 quently obliged to out both iides before he finds the con- 

 cealed tefticle. 



