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it into the dip, to stir it with a stick, and afterwards destroy 
the stick and pot, in case a dog or child may get at it, and 
something serious may happen ; to be careful when he dipped 
them to tie their legs, and keep their heads above water. 
He said, Yes, yes, and seemed in a great hurry. He never 
asked for further directions. Never told him to put on a 
plate or dish, nor to rub it on the sheep’s back. When I 
went to Mr. Parry’s, I told Mr. Parry I was very sorry Dew 
had made such a mistake in bringing the message. I turned 
to the man and asked him why he put it on with a stick ? 
He said, “ You told me to stir it up with a stick.” I asked 
him in Mr. Parry’s presence if he remembered my telling 
him to burn the stick ; he said he did. Mr. Parry afterwards, 
at Mr. Edwards’s, said he did not know the difference between 
dipping and rubbing on the mixture, and his man knew no 
more about it. 
Cross-examined . — Have seen a great many sheep dipped. 
They dip lambs and shorn sheep. It is not customary to 
send out directions with dipping mixture. I have seen eight 
or ten pots of Biggs’s ointment opened, and two or three of 
them were without directions. I have not general instruc- 
tions from Mr. Edwards to send written directions out with 
such things. Mrs. Edwards did not say “ it would not have 
happened if Mr. Edwards had been at home.” Did not tell 
Dew to use a plate or dish. Did not tell what quantity of 
water should be mixed with the ointment. Did not say 
anything about the “ slush.” In the court is the first time 
I have heard the term. Mr. Parry did not say to me, “ If 
you had given written directions this would not have hap- 
pened.” 
John Edwards examined. — Have been in the habit of selling 
Biggs’s composition and my own ; am not in the habit of 
sending written directions with the dipping. Have never 
seen it applied in any other way than by dipping. Remem- 
ber saying to Mr. Parry, “ It is surprising to me, that after 
sending for a dipping preparation, you should go and put it 
on with a stick ;” and told him I thought it would be an in- 
sult to a man of his judgment to send written directions. 
Believe my composition to be much weaker than Biggs’s. 
Cross-examined . — If a farm-servant came for ointment I 
should think it necessary to give written directions unless 
he was going to use it himself. Have seen Biggs’s pots 
opened without directions. Have seen perhaps twenty 
opened in my time, and two or three without directions. 
Have known farm servants very frequently make mistakes. 
Henri/ Williams , farmer, was called. — He was in the shop 
