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ef er faw a beaft eat it, or ftung by it. Aiid y et for his 
own Opinion, he was apt to think, that the Animal was 
pernicious, if eaten by a beaft. For firft, the difeafe im- 
puted to this Creature feldom or never afFe& the Cattle 
but in Autumn, and then only this Infed: is to be found ; . 
fecondly it feldom or never attends any Cattle but what 
feed in low Marfhy grounds, and there only this Animal 
frequents; Thirdly Cows who are greedy feeders by great 
Moriells (by reafon of their chewing it afterwards in 
their Cud,) but efpecially Swine that teed in low grounds^ 
are the only Creatures troubled by this Worm ^ Fourthl)^ 
th^Worm is very rare and Icarce to be found in feven 
years, and fo J ikewife is the diftemper that proceeds from 
it, it being rare to have a Beaft affecSted by it. As to the 
fymptoms that attend its Venome, they axe (welling in 
the Head, and fas a peculiar Charadcriftick, thelwel- - 
ling and Frocidentia A7ii, infomuch that the l{eHum will 
hang out above half a foot. The effectual cure applyed 
to this Malady in black Cattle, is a Drench of the Herb 
Bears-foot, Rue, Garlick, butter and beer; but for 
Swine, Raddle pounded imall mingled with Buttermilko 
Thefe only are uled by the Englifn Husbandmen. But the 
Irifh, as they certainly impute the Malady to this Infed:, 
fo they draw the Remedy therefrom, for they alTert, 
that if an hole be bored in a Tree, and this Creature 
ftopt up therein, fo as to ftarve and dye, the leaves and 
bark of that Tree ever after infufed in water, and given 
as a Drench, cures the affected Beaft; and feverall will 
repair to (uch aTree ten miles for a cure. Another fancy 
{&< as ill grounded,) they have, that if a Man bruife this 
Worm between his hands, and let the exprelTed juice 
dry thereon, ever after the water he firft waflies in, in 
the morning, given to the Beaft to drink, cures it. And 
the Worthy Gentleman that iziit me the Worm, tho' 
he be far from giving credit to the cure, yet for the fa- 
tisfadion of his poor Neighbours, did feverall years ago 
G z bruife 
