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Another fimilar inftance corroborates the 

 above opinion : A fheep being lamed in re-» 

 turning from Burgh fair, his remaining compa- 

 nions were fuffered to range in the comm.on 

 until a cart was got to take him in; they all 

 died rotten, and he remained perfedly fonnd. 



I once had ten ewes fent me from Northum- 

 berland. After I had had them fome weeks, one 

 of them appeared to be drooping : it was im- 

 mediately killed ; and on examining the liver 

 minutely, I obferved a daik bloody fpot v/ith a 

 hole, in which fomething feemed to be alive. — 

 The hole appeared as large as halfamiddling- 

 fized walnut (hell. I carefully cut off that pare 

 of the hver, and laid it on a board in a light 

 place, and obferved a number of fmall flowks 

 hard at work. I then got a magnifying glafs, 

 by the help of which I could more plainly dif. 

 tingulfh the little animals, v/hich were frifking 

 about like fifh in a pool on a fine fummer's day. 

 Some of them feemed feeding very heartily on 

 the liver. 



Soon afterwards I perceived the remaining 

 nine ewes to be difordered, but not fo much as 

 to be entirely off their food. I killed another, 



and 



