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conduct of human affairs has its dilemmas, and times, in 

 which this going back to the principles involved is the secret 

 of success. So that we may suggest these rules for general 

 guidance \vhen one is in doubt of what is best to be dome 

 in any circumstances. Then any man, with a little thought, 

 may adapt his conduct to the conditions by which he is con- 

 fronted. 



Rule 1. Sheep require to be led, rather thato driven. 

 They are to be controlled by such means that they cannot 

 help but follow in the way they should go. 



Rule 2. Although naturally hardy they are the weakest 

 of animals when misfortune overtakes them, and their 

 natural stupidity, or as might doubtless be more correctly 

 said their inborn disposition to depend on their masters, 

 renders them an easy prey to any unfavorable conditions. 

 This is the inevitable result of their domestication from the 

 earliest ages. 



Rule 3. Sheep are fretful under disappointment. No 

 other animal is so much disturbed or suffers by irregularity 

 of management. Hence in all their management, in feeding 

 especially, the utmost regularity is to be observed. 



Rule 4. Although it might be thought that their woolly 

 coat is a sure protection against cold, it is only so in regard 

 to dry cold. Exposure to wet, by which the fleece is satu- 

 rated, chills them severely; and this on the most susceptible 

 part, the spine. Hence the flock is to be protected in ac- 

 cordance. 



Rule 5. Sheep are as easily chilled inside as outside. 

 Hence the water supplied to them should be pure, and never 

 so cold as to chill the stomach. 



Rule 6. The sheep's fleece is of such a nature that ex- 

 posure to wet and warmth, or pressure, causes it to felt. 

 Hence a wet fleece is to be avoided, or, if it must be so, 

 the sheep must not be crowded together. 



Rule 7.--A sheep is subject to a greater number of para- 

 sites thaoi any other animal and suffers more than others 

 from them. This calls for suitable precautions to avoid this 

 exposure. 



Rule 8. The inborn dependence of sheep upon mankind 

 calls for the constant thought of the shepherd to study the 

 necessities of the flock and to provide in advance for them. 



