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and slightly inflamed eye, some swelling of the 

 lips, and a discharge from the nose, very soon 

 succeeded by an eruption round the mouth on the 

 edges of the lips, and particularly at the corners 

 of the mouth. In some instances of the mildest 

 specits of the disease, these have been all the 

 symptoms which have appeared. The eruption 

 has dried into small black scabs, which have fall- 

 en off in tight or ten days, and left the sheep quite 

 We'll. In the next degree of the disease, on ex- 

 amining the sheep, an eruption of various size 

 and shape is found on the inside and naked parts 

 of the thighs and belly ; some of the pustules are 

 small and round, others broad and flat ; and some 

 are likewise discovered under the wool on difl^er- 

 ent parts of the body. These pustules grow 

 yellow on the tops, and discharge a small quanti- 

 tv of matter, which dries into a blackish scab. 

 Still this is to be considered as the mild and dis- 

 tinct species of the disease, and is attended with 

 no great danger. The confluent and malignant 

 species of the disease commences with a more 

 violent inflammation of the eyes, a more manifest 

 and considerable swelling of the lips, and a great- 

 er and more purulent discharge from the nose. 

 The eruptions on the naked parts of the body are 

 very numerous, broad and flat, of a reddish 

 brown, or purple .^olour ; and are likewise dis- 

 covered under th=^ wool, on every part of the 

 body. The animal appears very sick> dull, and 



