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course of the year the heat had been great, and 

 there was little rain. The heat had hatched a 

 vast swarm of small red worms, resembling ascar- 

 idcs. It is ruite certain that these insects must 

 have been swlalowed by the turkeys, and from this 

 cause, and the bad quality of the water which they 

 had drunk, a great degree of inflammation in the 

 crop would ensue, with a stoppage of the passage 

 which conducts to the gizzard. I divided the tur- 

 keys into three classes; for those who were still 

 sound, I ordered grain and good water; with all 

 that were diseased I pactised the operation of tap- 

 ping with a lancet, in the lowest part of the crop. 

 I injected at the opening, by means of a small 

 syringe, a slight decoction of Jesuits' bark, mixed 

 with a little brandy, which was repeated twice in 

 the course of the day. Next day the wound was 

 better marked. I made again the same injection, 

 and, two hours after, I forced them to eat a little 

 of the yolk of an egg, mixed with some crumbs of 

 bread. At the end of three days, the wound in 

 the crop was closed, which I might have prevented 

 but finding a natural opening in the bill, I made 

 them take, during eight days, in their drink, the 

 same substances which had been injected; and 

 they were, by degrees, put upon their usual diet. 

 I need not add, that clear water was given them 

 instead of that of the standing pools. Ten of 

 these animals had died before my arrival; two 

 peri.shed during the treatment, and the rest of the 

 flock, which might be about forty, either escaped 

 the disease or were cured. 



