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penetrable, jprolaUy, as the uninjured skin. This remark 

 does not apply to large wounds. 



SixtUy. It appears impossible to poison sheep hy bath- 

 ing them in arsenical solutions, provided the liquor is not 

 introduced directly or indirectly into the stomach by the 

 mouth. By the direct means of introduction of the con- 

 stituents of a '^dripping mixture" in the stomach of a 

 sheep, IS meant making the sheep swallow the liquid 

 whilst being bathed; and by the indirect means is im- 

 plied the penetration of arsenical solution into the sto- 

 mach by food poisoned by the liquid dropping from the 

 bodies of the sheep, the wool of which has not been 

 pressed, or from a number of sheep injudiciously con- 

 gregated over food they subsequently eat. 



Seventhly. Arsenical solutions, whether weaker than 

 ordinary dipping mixtures, or much stronger, are like- 

 wise incapable of being absorbed by the skin of sheep or 

 man. 



Eighthly. Sheep will partake of grass and other food 

 which has been smeared or soaked with an arsenical so- 

 lution, notwithstanding the presence of soft soap and 

 soda. 



Arsenical baths and mixtures are not only used for 

 the cure and prevention of scab, but are the most highly, 

 and, I think, justly valued preservatives of the fleece of 

 sheep, and is a protection to the propagation of many 

 parasites. 



Rot— Cachexia Aquosa.— (C%^rom.)— The very 

 name of this disease is a terror to many sheep farmers 

 who have suffered and lost so much by it. It is so de- 

 structive amongst sheep that it is estimated that in the 

 rainy winter of 1829-30 two million sheep died or were 

 destroyed by this disease alone. It again made its ap- 



