A 



GUIDE 



FOR 



Young Shepherds ; 



OR 



FACTS AND OBSERVATIONS ON THE CHARACTER 

 AND VALUE OF 



MERINO SHEEP: 



WITH RULES AND PRECEPTS FOR THEIR 

 MANAGEMENT, AND THE TREATMENT 

 ^->' OF THEIR DISEASES, 



As well as of 



SHEEP IN GENERAL. 



C0LLE(J7ED 



FROM THE LAfESf AND BESf IVRIfERS ON THESE 



SUBJECTS, AND CONFIRMED BT THE 



EXPERIENCE OF THE AUTHOR 



AND HIS FRIENDS* 



BY SAMUEL BARD, M. D. 



NEW-YORK : 



PRINTED AND SOLD BY COLLINS 8c CO. 

 NO. 189, PEAKL-STKEET. 



1811. 



