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fee occafion ; and I would with 4 or 5 Load of HaV 
of a year old, and a few Oats or other Grain, preferve 
300 or 400 Sheep from the Rott, without any other 
mea lures than is here laid down. 
1 hole Countries where Sheep are fubieft to Rott, 
wou d do well to change their Sheep ever 2, 3, or 4 
Years, for Hill-country ones ; they will thrive much 
better, and net be fo liable to Difeafes. 
How to Cure the Rott in Sheep. 
I ake Coriander-feed and Grains of each an ounce, 
long Pepper one handful, Savin half, a handful ; boil 
thele m Ale, give to every Sheep 3 fpoonfuls blood- 
warm ; keep the Sheep fafting the Night before, and 
^ 0Urs a ^ ter th ey be drench’d: "if any Ews be 
with Young,^ leave out the Savin, and put in Rye- 
as , mucb as an Egg, put thereto a pint 
of the beft Oil when ’tisofF the Fire, fo ftir it well, 
and give ’em Hay oft when you ufe it. You may 
give this to 200 of them. W. M. 
The following Receipt having Cured divers Cattel inf elded 
truth the pijlemper which happen’d in 17 1<, ’ ti( here 
tnferted for pub lick Good. 
T HE Diftemper is fuppos’d to be a malignant Fe- 
ver or Plague in the Bowels, and that it is in- 
,e **u°o t ^. a ^ e °{ Paul’s Retony and round Birthwort 
each a handfuls; if not to be had, two ounces of the 
Root of Lungwort ; Hyffop and Scordium (or Water- 
Germander ) of each 4 handfuls ; of Gentian-root, Jhn - 
gelua, Butterburr , Torment 'd , Carline , and Thifile-roots , 
of each half a pound ; of Bay-berries and Juniper- ber- 
rzes each 12 ounces: Beat all to powder and mix ’em. 
” hen vour Cattle is taken ill, bleed ’em 12 hours be- 
fore you give this Remedy, which do in the following 
manner : Give ’em an ounce at a time for 3 or 4 mor- 
n mgs together, then reft 3 or 4 days and repeat it a- 
gain difToI v’d'in a pint of lukewarm Water, fo let ’em 
reft an hour/r two, giving ’cun moderate Exercife. 
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