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from thence down the thighs and ribs. A good 

 shepherd will, however, prevent its ever attain- 

 ing to this degree of malignity. Daubenton 

 recommends spirits of turpentine and hog's- 

 lard, or suet without any other mixture, as less 

 hurtful to the wool, and equally effectual. The 

 fine-wooUed sheep, and particularly the rams 

 that are exhausted by covering, are most sub- 

 ject to it; and in the fine-woolled flocks it is 

 also most difficult to cure. It spreads not merely 

 by contact of one sheep with another, but by 

 their laying upon the same ground, or rubbing 

 against the same post. 



Staggers, Dizziness, STr. — ^This disorder I have 

 already described, and have detailed my success 

 in curing it by patience and attention. It seldom 

 seizes sheep of more than one year old, and is 

 generally considered as incurable ; though some 

 affect to cure it by trepanning, or by running a 

 sharp wire up the nostrils into the brain, so as 

 to discharge through the nostrils the water 

 which is collected there, and which is said to 

 be the cause of the disorder. When it is seated 

 near the upper part of the brain, it may be dis- 

 tinguished; the skull bone becoming soft im- 

 mediately about it, so as to yield to the pressure 

 of the finger. But having no other experience 



