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himfelf, if there fhould be a pond or other 

 receptacle for water in the pafture. 



What will cure blindnefs in one animal, will 

 no doubt be good for the eyes of another. I 

 make an ointment with honey and verdigris, 

 called diftilled verdigris, finely pounded. 1 dip 

 a duck's feather in the ointment, and gently 

 apply it to the eye. The feather you make 

 ufe of cannot be too foft : or, if a fkin be 

 formed on the eye, you may put a little of the 

 verdigris into a quill, and blow it on the eye. 

 This diforder will cure of itfelf, if let alone ; 

 but will caufe the carcafs of the iheep to 

 fhrink very much. 



The while Jkit y in fucking lambs, is cured 

 by a table fpoonful of runnet or yearning put 

 into about half a pint of milk juft taken from 

 the cow, and given immediately j that is, be- 

 fore the milk has time to turn into perfect curds 

 and whey, as the cure depends upon the milk 

 getting into the rumen or firft flomach before 

 it becomes completely turned. Tnis diforder 

 is the efFedl of a cold, and generally feizes the 

 lamb about the time he begins to eat plenti- 

 fully of grafs, and to fuck lefs milk. 



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