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To cure the red-water, the bed remedy 1 

 know is foot from pit-coal, mixt up with fait 

 water, or with fait and chamberlye. Mix fo 

 much fait with water that an egg will fwim ; 

 and put for every lheep a large fpoonful of foot : 

 flir the ingredients well together, and let them 

 remain until the following day, or about twelve 

 hours. Give three large fpoonfuls for a dofe 

 to each fheep early in the morning, after it has 

 been kept from food the preceding night. Re- 

 peat the above dofe every fifth or fixth day, if 

 the fheep are much affected by the diforder, 

 and you will find the medicine an effectual re- 

 medy. I hardly ever knew it fail of working 

 a perfect cure. 



Raifing the fheep at night, and driving them 

 about fo as to caule them to empty themfelves, 

 is another good and fimple remedy; for a 

 fheep, being a greedy animal, fills his ftomach 

 with food ; and, being naturally indolent, he 

 lies a considerable time in one polture, which 

 prevents a proper digeftion, which moderate 

 exercife would effectually promote. It is not 

 uncommon for the coats of the itomachs to be 

 fo diftended as to burft fome of the many fan- 

 guiferous veffels with which they fo amply a~ 



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