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be bene yard, or dry pasture, and the shearing should, by no means, be made a scene of drunken and foolish jollity, as is the case in some parts, when the crea-

Nat tures are hauled about in a careless and boisterous bit i: way, besides being frequently wounded with: the ear shears. Extra pay should be given, on condition eo, of the liquor being Kept out of the way until the .f conclusion of the business. A caution is also ne- treat en

cessary against the knowing follies, quackeries, and tricks of’ shepherds, a mulish and conceited race, full brothers, in blood, to leeches, grooms, and far-

ee. riers. Wool, kept dry, may be preserved any ip een length of time. aaa The sheep is of a nature wonderfully irritable 1oieden, and timid, which is the real cause of that stubborn- the fourth ness, so distinguishable in the species; it is, at the » DearINS same time, a caressing anime e extremely attached to a kind shepherd, and will| Ber k his hands and a cfuel and face, with great fondness; it me even great re- in th gard for his own dog, which it will distinguish, ror will and ety approach, at an) time, having been ard, give properly used. Hence the necessity of the utmost ndition.. patience of temper, in a shepherd, and the use of old wea- a dog be a trained in a way to do his duty, yin a Very without béing a constant terror to the flock. A e questi0 west eetndea suspicion ot pelea lying is, notwith a gansta dog, he eae to be instantly shot. No ble), twice man.in the, present times, wo uld, sural have re- course to Hie barbarous ordeal of,former days, a for SHEE when, besides, inthe insane su ipposition of witch- ep bei craft, they buried the harmless sheep alive! EI- rick lis, with much sang froid, or approbation, relates, vard that a stupid barbarian, in his days, who, one would y SR. ees ieinneereemeae ataninaiiibabdinacs= a

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