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much discoloured. The railway company refused to convey the 
carcases. Ormston, a skinner, came into the field, and bought the skins 
of Mr. Elliott for 2s. each. On leaving Mr. Elliott at the railway 
station, he said 1 was to tell Mr. Black to make out an estimate of the 
loss, and call on him on Saturday. Mr. George Black took away a 
carcase and the remaining package to Edinbro’. The sheep continued 
to die till the middle of September. A donkey belonging to the 
shepherd, who brought home some of the carcases on its back, died a 
few days after the dipping. It had a bruise on its back. 
Robert Tate , senior—I am a shepherd, and have been all my life. 
Have been sixteen years come May with Mr. Brown, and during that 
time I have had charge of dipping the sheep every year. Had no mis¬ 
fortune till this year. J had used the same dipping machine for some 
years. The sheep were very fine; before we began dipping, we had 
the curtains cleaned out and bedding put in. None of the sheep got 
their heads into the dip. Ann Strachan attended to the boiling water. 
I put in each package, and she stirred it. I put in fourteen out of the 
fifteen packages. There was a small tub in which we first dissolved the 
mixture. I put between three and four gallons to each package. After 
the water and powder were in, the soft soap was put in. Four pounds 
of soap to each packet were used. I weighed the soap myself. Forty- 
live gallons of cold water were put into the dipping-tub. Was present 
at each of the fourteen mixings. With the last lot upwards of 100 
gallons of cold water were put in to wash the sixty sheep that had been 
washed before. The sheep were brought from nine fields to be dipped. 
One hundred and sixty three lambs were brought from the marsh 
lands ; all are dead. We generally call a lamb a hog about the back 
end of the harvest. Those were the first dipped. Seventy lambs were 
brought from the Reapers’ Hill; all are dead but one, and it has a sore 
leg. This was the second lot dipped. Seventy one were brought from 
Broad Rigs—partly hogs and partly old sheep ; all these are dead. 
In Broad Rigs there were seven lambs that were not dipped: they were 
sent back with the others, and are living. One was a gimmer: she was 
left in the field, and has been sold to a butcher in Bam burgh ; she had 
the scurvy. There were two tups also among them: they are alive. 
Sixty-eight sheep from Herton were brought from little Crawlaw : 
they have all died. They went back to Golden Hill pasture. Ninety- 
seven ewes were brought from the Moss Close : they are all dead. 
They had to be driven upwards of a mile along a road from where they 
were dipped to the pasture, Moss Close. Sixty-nine ewes were brought 
from Crawlaw: all are dead. Fifty were brought from the West 
Moor: all are dead. All the lots went back in rotation. Seventy-eight 
giinmers and ewes were brought from Far Lee, and forty-three Din- 
monts from Golden Hill: all these are dead. When they left the 
curtains they did not appear to be dripping. Sheep are particular in 
not eating grass that has a bad smell: they are very nice. They would 
not eat grass on which there were soft soap, sulphur, and soda. I was 
among the sheep on Sunday, and found nothing wrong. On the 
Monday I found a ewe lamb dead. They died rapidly from the 
Monday. The ewe lambs began to die first; they were the first dipped. 
Mr. Bird, veterinary surgeon, came on the Tuesday morning, and I cut 
up some of the sheep for inspection. When the sheep began to be ill 
they appeared to be sick; there was heavy breathing, swelling in the 
head, red eyes, and frothing at the mouth. The wool became very 
loose when they were dressed, and the skin was black and blue. On the 
Wednesday Mr. Elliott came I showed him a lot of the dead sheep. I 
