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burning, which probably may be in a few 
days, or a week, in moderate beds ; in others 
two or three weeks. This you will readily 
judge of by the flicks placed in the bed, as 
above, or according as the weather proves 
more or lefs favourable; heavy rains, &c. 
may oblige you to cover in fooner than you 
intended, in order to preferve the fpawn. 
For the purpofeof covering, you may pro- 
vide either clean flraw, or long dry horfe-flable 
litter, fufficient to lay about half a foot thick 
at firfl, but gradually increafed afterwards of 
due thicknefs to defend the bed effedlually 
from the air, rain, and inclement wea- 
ther, and to preferve a low kindly warmth. 
As foon as you apprehend all danger from 
heat to be over, let the bed be finally covered 
up with the aforementioned dry liable litter, 
or clean flraw^, obferving to lhake the cover- 
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