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than the other. This would produce a wasting away of the mus- 
cles of the fore-arm and the shoulder. 
Another veterinary surgeon (Mr. Dawes) deposed to the same 
effect. 
A witness stated that Everatt, the defendant, said in a conversa- 
tion that he would rather give back the £33 than have a law-suit, 
and that it was clearly lame then. 
Numerous witnesses were called on both sides respectively to 
affirm and negative the soundness of the animal at the time of sale, 
and from first to last ; but the defendant did not call any one of his 
seven sons who resided with him, or any one farrier who had shod 
the horse. It was further deposed to, that the horse was exposed 
for sale in the previous September at Stock well fair, and objected 
to by a Mr. Fox and others on the ground of its unsoundness; that 
the defendant had then refused to warrant him, and that lame prices 
had then been bidden, refused, and the horse brought home again. 
The jury presently returned a verdict for the plaintiff for the 
amount that he had paid Mr. Oxley for the keep, and the 23s. he 
had been forced to pay the auctioneer at Lincoln ; damages, there- 
fore, ^13. .3s. 
On the Rot in Sheep. 
By Mr. Thomas Joy. 
Sir, — ‘Having observed lately some accounts complaining a little 
of the prevalence of the rot in sheep in certain places, and believ- 
ing any person would be glad to learn any thing that might be of 
service to them, if they happen to have a flock infected with this 
dreadful malady, I beg permission, through the columns of “ The 
Express,” to recommend to those persons the use of common salt 
as one of the best things to allay its progress ; and being an article 
always at hand, can be promptly administered. Prevention, in all 
cases of evil, is easier than cure ; and it is much to be regretted 
that this useful article should be so much neglected in the rearing 
and feeding of cattle. Horses, neat cattle, and sheep, should be 
always early accustomed to its use. It is easily given, and those 
who have the care and management of stock should be taught 
never to neglect it. But persons who have not been in the habit 
of using it in the feeding of their sheep, and have reason to be- 
lieve their flock infected, which is readily known to experienced 
persons by examining the eyes or the liver of one that may happen 
to die, let them take the sheep into a dry sheltered yard, and give 
to each a desert spoonful of salt, holding the head of the animal 
upwards, when the salt is in its mouth, for two or three minutes, 
until it is dissolved by the saliva and carried down into the 
stomach. Keep them a few hours from water, and give them dry 
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