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to cure all which, read Markham* s Mafterpiece , Lam- 
bert o f Cattle , Tohnioh’* Thousand more Notabt? Things, 
and the Way tofave Wealth, all 4 Books lold at the Ring 
in Little Britain. ' _ . , 
Obfervealfo that after a bummer of fcarcity, when 
your Sheep enter frefh Pafture where is plenty, let em 
not eat as much as they will, but onlybait em, and fo 
turn ’em out ; having. had time to digeft their Food, 
turn ’em in again. Do this for a Week, S5V. as you fee 
convenient, and if your Sheep don’t thrive To well as 
others that eat their fill, yet at laft they 1 be as likely , 
and much freer from Difeafes. Remember that from 
MUfuiv.wer to Michaelmas is the moft dangerous part 
of the Year ; but the ipoft hazardous time for Rott is 
from July to the end of September if Floods 
and mo 1ft foggy Air happen. 
The Rott, fome fay,- is occafion’d by licking up 
Snails, feme fay Dews, and others fay other thmgs; 
but ’tis certain it proceeds from toe much moifture at 
the Seafon before mention’d ; for they feldom rot at 
any other part of the Year, tho’ there be the fame oc- 
casion. As for example ; Suppofe wet Weather comes 
in after Michaelmas , as in December or January and lo 
continues the reft of the Winter, yet this will not rot 
Sheep except in moorifh Grounds, where they have 
ftore of Grafs, and lie Night and Day,havingno Hay 
given ’em. Or if Rains come in January, February, 
March , or April, and hold till the latter end. of May, 
and a dry Summer follows, this will not caufe a Rott, 
except in a few low Grounds fome may be infected. 
So it plainly appears, that from the latter end of 
July to the end of September or Oftober is the chief tun# 
for the Rott, if the Seafon prove wet. 
I queftion not but Sheep may rott, or have watery 
Difeafe« in Winter as well as Autumn, but then -it 
muft be’thofe that He night and day in marfhy or low 
Grounds, living chiefly on Grafs, which in all wet fea- 
fons (without fome Hay) is dangerous. Some hold 
there is a Spring- Rott fometimes, but very feldom. 
