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perfection, the selection of the leaves of forest trees, in preference to 
the leaves and other parts of grasses, and esculent roots, as turnips, 
&c. may bring the soundness of the judgment of Cashmere farmers 
into question, by the farmers of England. My observations on this 
preference are too limited to be of any practical value; but I am able 
to aver, that sheep, which had been preserved from dying by the rot, 
through feeding oil dry prangos, fell off in condition greatly, when 
put upon clean washed turnips, and regained their former state ra¬ 
pidly on reverting to prangos. It appears to me not improbable, 
that if sheep, when they just begin to show symptoms of rot by 
arching their backs, were put on a diet of dry leaves alone, they 
would be prevented from dying of this complaint; and I conceive 
would prove speedily curative; also, in the case of the oscaris worm, 
and rustling in the wind-pipe of lambs, fed on rank aftermath in the 
beginning of a winter, following a wet autumn. The arching of the 
line of the back, perhaps, produced by an attempt, to relieve the ir¬ 
ritation occasioned by vigorous activity of the small fluke worms, 
which have only just entered the gall-ducts, is a symptom I have 
never heard noticed by shepherds ; but, according to my own obser¬ 
vation, is the first which indicates their presence, in the beginning 
of winter. When grass is also stored here for winter fodder, it is 
twisted into thick ropes, immediately after being cut; and in this 
state, hung across the upper branches of trees. Without other pre¬ 
paration for hay, it thus keeps free from rottenness, and generally 
even from mouldiness, notwithstanding the great quantity of rain 
and snow that falls in this country. Grass thus dried, is generally 
given to the flock in a morning, and the leaves in the afternoon or 
evening; but the latter are most depended upon for fattening. Oil¬ 
cakes, made of linseed, walnut-kernels, mustard-seed, along with the 
seed of cotton, are employed for this purpose, and the flags or leaves 
of sedge. I. T. 
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ARTICLE XIII. 
Conveying Fruit Trees by Sea. —The following is Mr. Bar¬ 
ker’s account of the experiment (conveying fruit trees by sea:) 
“In regard to the means I possess of live plants of the white mul¬ 
berry of Italy to Bombay, you will indulge with me in the expecta¬ 
tions of the success of my endeavours, when I inform you, that when 
