134 On Sheep and their Diseases, 



ly three weeks on lambs, as they are apt to rub off the 

 tar in sucking. 



2d, Intestinal worms. I frequently find the tape 

 worm, to the number of four or five, in one sheep, and 

 four or five yaixls long. I lately killed a lamb with ele- 

 ven : the animal was fat : these seem to be least injuri- 

 ous to sheep, as those in which I have found them have 

 the fewest knobs on their bowels. 



The second kind of worms resemble narrow strips 

 of boiled parchment, cut about one fourth of an inch in 

 length ; they are discovered in the dung of the animal, 

 and are much more injurious than the former kmd, oc- 

 casioning so many lumps on the bo^vels, as to cause 

 great difficulty in taking off" the rough fat. 



Sd^ The third kind are more fatal, than either of the 

 former two, but fortunately they do not appear so often. 

 In two or thi'ee instances, the animals which were trou- 

 bled with them, continued ill until diey died ; and upon 

 examining their bodies, I discovered several small round 

 worms, about one inch long, coming out of the anus. 



I observe that sheep are much more healthy here, 

 than in England. I also notice a great neglect in the 

 American farmers, in not docking the tails of sheep, 

 hence they often dislocate their spines, and render their 

 limbs pai'alytic, by the violence with which they frisk 

 their tails when afiiighted. 



I remain with esteem v 



JOSETH CaPNER. 



Dr. James Mease. 



, [Mr. Capner presented to the society, four vials, contain- 

 ing the intestinal worms mentioned in his letter, and the bee 

 v/hich he supposed produced the kind he first notices.] 



