The Sfiepherds* Guide, S3 



pared by putting 20 pounds of butter over the 

 fire, and when melted, to add one gallon of tar, 

 stirring the mixture until the two substances are 

 well incorporated into a soft tenacious ointment. 

 But so great a quantity of tar is found to stain the 

 wool. Mr. Bake well, therefore, proposes to add a 

 proportion of bees-wax instead of it. The ex- 

 pense of this may be lessened, by the addition of 

 some tallow ; which, with a small quantity of wax, 

 will give to the ointment all the tenacity required. 

 And all the salutary effects of the tar, as a remedy 

 for the scab, and a poison to the tick and other 

 insects, may be procured by the addition of one 

 eighth of the whole of spirits of turpentine. 



These changes are particularly necessary when 

 the ointment is applied to Spanish sheep ; which, 

 although they abound in a natural yolk, which 

 renders it less necessary, still receive so much be- 

 nefit from it, that both Lord Somerville and Mr. 

 Bakewell recommend it, particularly to be ap- 

 plied immediately after shearing, as a defence 

 at this season of nakedness against the ill effects 

 of heat, cold, or wet, as well as a remedy against 

 the tick. At this time, the ointment being rather 

 thin, may be well rubbed all over, and into the 

 fleece : but in the fall, when the wool is longer, 

 more pains are necessary. 



At this latter season, if the ointment is merely 

 rubbed on the wool, it collects on the top of the 

 staple, attracts and mixes with the soil, and par- 



