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almost hourly, watching to defend them from 

 the fly, or to preserve them from its effects. 

 On wide heaths, where the sheep are often 

 small, and consequently of less individual va- 

 lue, and where also they cannot he so often and 

 readily seen, great numbers fall a prey to the 

 flies, and die the dreadful death of being de- 

 voured by them and their larvae. In my sum- 

 mer rambles I see continual instances of this 

 melancholy nature; no doubt often resulting 

 from the indolence of the shepherds. Heavy, 

 long-woolled sheep, too, are in danger of being 

 overset, in which situation they will destroy 

 themselves by their struggles. From these 

 dangers they are relieved by the annual wash- 

 ing and shearing, which now take place. Hay- 

 making in the earlier districts is now going 

 on busily. The poor find some employment 

 in cutting heath on the wastes for making 

 besoms. In the garden, the chief occupations 

 consist of weeding, watering, and destroying 

 insects. 



ANGLING. 



It' we except roach, most fresh-water fish are 

 now in season : bream is excellent, and may be 

 caught in the deepest places, in ponds, or still 

 streams, early in the morning, or late in the 

 evening, by a very cautious and adroit master 



