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it to the (kin of the fhcep.; chiving it along 

 the bottom of the fhed fome fix or eight 

 inches, with a degree of flcight which expe- 

 rience alone can teach : the perfection of the 

 art lies in diftributing the ointment evenly, 

 and in applying it entirely to they#/#, with^ 

 put fouling the wool, except immediately at 

 the root. One " finger-full" being expended, 

 another and another is applied, until the 

 whole length of the fjrfl fhed be finifhed ; 

 when a fecond cleft is made, about an inch or 

 an inch and a half from the firft. In making 

 the fecond and every fucceeding fhed, the fin- 

 gers of one hand are kept in the lafl-madc cleft, 

 by which means an experienced workman is 

 enabled to make the partings exactly parallel 

 with each other. Towards the back of the 

 fhecp the ftieds are made clofer to each other 

 than they arc beneath its barrel ; where the 

 wool being thinner, the fcab is lefs liable to 

 make its attack. 



Ten or twelve fheep of the middle fize are 

 efteemed the day's work of one man. His 

 wages, and board, fifteen to 'eighteenpcncc 

 May. 



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