THE CATTLE, SHEEP, &C. OF CORNWALL. 571 
I met with few before, and none since. These cases all yielded 
to a dose or two of turpentine, four ounces in a dose, given on the 
first appearance of the disease, following it up by a slight bleed¬ 
ing and a gentle aperient. 
Diarrhoea ,—I have succeeded in relieving many animals labour¬ 
ing under this complaint, until they have been fit for the butcher, 
but no farther. In most other cases the disease has returned 
with double its former virulence. 
Dropping after Calving .—This disease is peculiar to cows in 
high condition. Most of the cases that have fallen to my share 
have terminated successfully. I commence the treatment by re¬ 
peated bleedings either copiously or moderately, according to the 
condition of the beast, and follow this up by mild laxatives and 
clysters, tonics, See. &c. 
Those animals being more exposed to the influence of soil and 
climate than oxen, they shew a more considerable variety in their 
appearances. 
Cornubia’s soil in this respect displays features and charms pe¬ 
culiarly her own. Here perennial verdure meets the eye, and 
• there scenes all naked and sterile. Here the woolly flock may 
be seen grazing in fields with genial verdure spread, and there 
picking up a scanty living, 
“ Where scarcely aught awaits the offended sight, 
But gorse-clad moors, and hills of tiresome height.” 
On such a chequered soil, we may reasonably expect to see a great 
diversity among animals whose improvement chiefly depends 
on the food and shelter that is afforded them. Such is the case. 
The sheep on the hills and sandy districts still retain the form, the 
size, and the habits which the uncontrollable influence of their 
situation has impressed on them; whilst those in the best culti¬ 
vated districts, where nature wears “her loveliest, greenest vest/’ 
are equal to the Dishley breed from whom they originate. Mr. 
Carew in his Survey of Cornwall, published in the year 1002, says, 
that “formerly when the shire, through want of good manurance, 
lay waste and open, the sheep had generally little bodies, and 
coarse fleeces, so as their wool bear no better name than 1 Cornish 
hair / and for such (from all ancientry) been transported without 
paying custom.” Worgan describes the true Cornish breed of 
sheep very correctly: “ they have,” says he, “ grey faces and 
legs, coarse short thick necks, stand lower before than behind, 
narrow backs, flattish sides; a fleece of coarse wool weighing 
