36 PASTURING OF SHEEP. 



ly red, and the flesh at the corner of the eye, on the 

 side of the nose, is also of a fine red colour, it is a 

 sign the animal is in good health. To know if the 

 ham is strong, the sheep must be seized by one of 

 his hind legs ; if he makes strong efforts to withdraw 

 it, and you are obliged to employ much force to re- 

 tain it, it is a proof j that the animal is strong and vig- 

 orous. 



Q. What attention is it necessary to pay, in regard 

 to the soil, when sheep are taken from one country, 

 and carried to another ? 



A. They should be taken from a dry country ; as 

 it is to be feared, if they are taken from a moist, marshy 

 soil, they may have a disposition to the rot. 



NOTE. 



It is generally observed, that sheep, transplanted from a dry to 

 a moist soil, easily take the rot ; whilst, on the contrary, one of 

 the means of preventing or curing it, if it is susceptible of cure, is 

 the migration of animals from moist to dry countries...//wzarrf. 



CHAPTER V. 



CONCERNING THE MANAGEMENT OF SHEEP IN PASTURES. 



Q. \VHAT are the principal rules which shep- 

 herds should observe, in grazing their flocks ? 



A. They may be reduced to seven. 



1st. To graze them every day, if possible. 



2d. Not to stop them too ftften while grazing, ex- 

 cept in closed pastures. 



3d. To prevent them from doing damage, when 

 grazing on lands liable to injury. 



