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fame, wfien it rained muchj were a fhort time covered- . 
I narrowly (ifted thofe two pieces of the Earth, but 
could find no AnimdcuU in them that any way reiembrd 
the Worms in the Sheeps Livers. 
From bence I infer, that the Ammakula xhoLi are found 
not only in Sheeps but in Cows Livers too, muft not be 
fought for in thofe Waters that ftagnate upon the Land, 
( as \ formerly thought, and the Butchers alfo are of the 
fame opinion) but that we muft feek them in the Land 
itfelfs which being throughly wetorfoakt, they afcend 
to thefuperfi les of it, becaufe the common Water bdiig 
not natural i« rbem,they cannotlive in it , andthus lurk- 
ing in the Gr V 5; they are (Waiiowed by the Cows and Sheep, 
and fuch as elcape tiieir Teeth are conveyed into their 
Stomachs and Bowels^ and infinuate themfelves even into, 
the Liver. 
I have been often told that the Cattel which feeds ia 
Siltagtig Grounds are free from this Difeafe of Worms, but 
being informed that the faid kind of Ground is very low. 
and lies under Water the moft part of the Winter, 1 gave. * 
the Butcher thefe Reafons : 
Why Kineand Sheep that feed in high Clay grounds 
are troubled with Worms in their Livers, and thofe in low. 
Grounds are free, is, only becaufe the low Grounds lie all 
the Winter under Water ^ for tho fuch like Worms may 
be found in fome of the low Lands, yet asfoon as they are 
overwhelm'd with Water, thofe Worms, abhorring the 
Water, die immediately. 
To confirm my rcaroning, I tock a Glafi Tube, which 
at the upper end w is about an Fnch wide, and above a 
Foot inlength, I putioto it a little piece of the above; 
mentioned Earth neai 5 inches long, but fo narrow, mA 
the Graf; about it dipt fo dofe, that it would eafily go 
into the Tube wiihoui preffing, and then poured upon it 
boiVd Water, v»'hicii had ftoud till it was cold- 
Prefently after I perceiv'd that feveral very fmall and 
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