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tion ; and happy is he who does not lofe by It 
the half of his herd. It is a kind of leprofy, 
that may be communicated in an inftant ; and 
the flefh of fuch animals as are attacked by 
it, fwells in an extraordinary manner, and 
grows fpongy and livid. One would fay 
that it was bruifed, and in a ftate of decom- 
polition : it becomes filled with a reddifli 
vifcous humour; and is fo difgufting, that 
even dogs will not approach it. As foon as 
it is fufpeded that the firft fymptoms of 
this peftilence have appeared, if care has not 
been taken to remove thofe animals which 
are not yet infefiled, whatever health or 
llrength they may enjoy, they cannot efcape 
it. 
Such are the principal diforders which, 
by their periodical ravages, eftablifli between 
the increafe and the mortality of the cattle 
of Africa, a balance that obftruds their pro- 
fperity, and without which thefe paftoral 
people, very temperate in their manner of 
living, would foon become rich and power- 
ful. 
The {hcep which the favages breed in the 
eaftern parts are of a fpecies known under 
the name of the Cape jldcep, . They have ac- 
