APPENDIX. 



It would be waste of time to speak here of 

 the long list of maladies which attend sheep in 

 Europe, most of which I believe are to be at- 

 tributed to injudicious treatment, particularly 

 in folding and over-driving them. I shall con- 

 fine myself, therefore, to those only which I 

 have witnessed in this State, the number of 

 which is very small. 



Pinning and scouring. — Lambs, soon after the 

 birth, are subject to a disorder called pinning. 

 It consists in the excrements being so glutinous 

 as to fix the tail to the vent, which, if neglect- 

 ed, will often kill the lamb. The remedy is 

 to wash them clean, and to rub the buttocks 

 and tail with dry clay, which will prevent any 

 further adhesion. Lambs are also subject to 

 scouring, or purging. This generally arises 

 from being kept too cold; sometimes from the 

 quality of the ewe's milk. They should, with 

 the parent ewes, be put into a warm, dry, shel- 

 tered cot: the ewes should have plenty of nu- 



