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bound, and whofe ufe is to fecret the liquor 

 gaftricus, or liquor of the flomachs. By an ac- 

 cident of this kind I have had fheep die fud- 

 denlyj and have upon a clofe examination in- 

 to the caufe of their death, taken from two to 

 three gallons of red-water from the infide of 

 one fheep. The bowels were full of this wa- 

 ter, which feemed tinged with blood, and emit- 

 ted a very putrid fmell. Part of the flelh was 

 in a mortified flate, and flunk horridly, which 

 it will do even before life has left the fheep. 



The above prefcription will not fail of rid- 

 ding the animal of this terrible diforder. The 

 firft object is to cleanfe the bowels, and brace 

 the ftomach: the fait does the one, and the 

 foot, I fuppofe, the other. This diforder feldom 

 happens in the fummer, unlefs to a fheep who 

 gets over-caft; for a fheep does not lie flill in 

 fummer above four hours in the four-and-twen- 

 ty : but in winter he lies ftill full half the time, 

 that is, twelve hours out of the twenty-four. 



This diforder may be totally prevented by 

 following the method before laid down for 

 fattening fheep with turnips or cole, that is, by 

 moving them into the ftraw-fold at night. Do 

 this early in the evening; and you may eafily 



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