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found to be sickness induced by heat or by chills, 

 or again, by too much work or by the opposite ex- 

 treme, lack of exercise, or by giving food or drink 

 immediately after exercise. 



The symptoms are: in case of a fever which is 

 the result of overwork an open mouth, rapid and 

 ' moist breath, and a hot body; the treatment when 

 ,5 this is the case is as follows: the animal is bathed 

 !j all over with water, and thoroughly rubbed with a 

 I mixture of tepid oil and wine, its strength is kept up 

 J by food, and some wrapping is thrown over it to 

 i prevent it from taking cold. If it is thirsty, luke- 

 I warm water is given. If nothing is gained by this 



! method of treatment, the animal is bled — preferably 

 from the head. 

 A^ain, different diseases have different causes 

 and different symptoms, and of these, in the case of 

 ery flock or herd, the man to whose care it is 

 mmitted should have a written record. 

 There remains now the ninth division mentioned 

 •fore, which is concerned with number, and is 

 mmon to each of the two parts. For he who buys 

 ock must fix a number, must determine how many 

 flocks he intends to feed, and the number in each 

 I flock, lest there be too much or too little grazing 

 j^round for them, and loss be the result. He must 

 know besides how many breeding ewes to keep in a 

 ^Kk, how many rams, how many lambs of each 

 ^cx, and how many of the poorer' sort should be 

 ■beded out. 



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