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small hooks, by which they lay hold of, and entan- 

 gle themselves in the wool, so as not to be remov- 

 ed without much pains and some loss. The best 

 remedy against this evil is clean pastures ; and 

 any person who keeps a flock of fine-woolled 

 sheep, will find he will be well paid in the clean- 

 ness of his wool, for the expense of weeding all 

 such plants out of his pastures. 



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