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feathered creatures which the gamekeepers have classed under 

 the section " vermin," and have sentenced to extermination. It 

 is, however, probable that those worthy and energetic men are 

 not likely to read these pages, or to agree with them if they did. 

 " The prevention of vermiceous diseases" is the subject 

 matter of Appendix I. In some respects, in perusing this section, 

 we seem to be again reading some of the modern injunctions for 

 preventing the spread of phthisis among ourselves. Diseases, 

 "such as husk, are spread by the embryos being brought up in 

 the mucus from the air-passages; these germs are scattered 

 about upon the ground, and thus sow the seeds for numbers of 

 other lambs and sheep to obtain. When that spasmodic cough 

 so characteristic of * hoose ' is heard, it is surely advisable to 

 remove the animal, and so prevent it from contaminating the 

 ground." 



