PASTURING OF SHEEP. 43 



France, Ecouffurc, enfleure des vents, 8cc. The sheep 

 then stands erect, without eating, is in pain, and 

 trembles ; is short breathed, and beats at the flanks : 

 if the belly is struck with the hand, it resounds with- 

 out hearing the motion of water : in short, the animals 

 attacked with this disease, fall, and die suffocated, and 

 sometimes in great numbers. 



Q. How is the disease prevented ? 



A. Time should be given for the dew, or white 

 frost to be off the ground, before the sheep be turn- 

 ed out to feed : and they should not be put, in the 

 morning when hungry, into rich and succulent pas- 

 tures ; on the contrary, they should be confined to 

 thin pastures, and afterwards led to the richest, and 

 not left there long enough to take too much food ; 

 they should not be allowed to drink, after eating peas, 

 beans, and other farinaceous vegetables. 



Q. What ought the shepherd to do, when he sees 

 his sheep inflated with the colick of the paunch ? 



A, He ought to drive his flock, without loss of 

 time, to another place, where the herbage is not hurt- 

 ful, and immediately assist the animals inflated. He 

 should make them trot, until they dung, and the 

 inflation abates : he must not fail to make them go 

 with the wind ; for if they are driven against it, they 

 would^ have greater difficulty in travelling, and the 

 wind would contribute, with the inflation of the 

 paunch, to suffocate them. They may be cured by 

 making them swim in water, if it be near ; as soon as 

 they dung, the disease terminates. 



