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any of their limbs. As they were very valuable 

 sheep, I paid particular attention to them; grass 

 and grain were given them, which they would 

 readily eat, though they could not move any 

 part but their jaws. In this state they lay a 

 week without motion, except of their eyes and 

 mouth when food was given them; they then 

 so far recovered as to be able to stand when they 

 were supported, in which posture their food 

 was given them, but would fall down when the 

 support was withdrawn. In about ten days they 

 *could stand without support, but fell when they 

 attempted to walk ; their motion being rather a 

 convulsive run than a walk. At intervals they 

 would get better, and be able to walk for some 

 time, but they were always found laying in 

 some part of the field as if they were dead. Ob- 

 serving that the vivacity of their eyes was not 

 altered, I directed that the attention in feeding 

 and supporting them should not be remitted, 

 and in the course of about six weeks they so far 

 recovered as to join the flock; one of them, 

 however, a young ram, received a blow in 

 his w^eak state from a stronger one, that kil- 

 led him; tlie other two recovered, but very 

 slowly; and even at the end of eight months 

 they bore evident marks of their complaint. This 

 disorder is found, upon dissection, to be owing 



