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they prevail, it is but a very short time until they gather'again. They are constant attendants upon the Tlmarter-illor Leaping-ill; “wherever that disease prevails,” says MrHogg, “ the ticks prevail, and where there is nothing of theone, there are none of the other.”

Maggots are more dangerous than any other vermin, andwill occasion death in a few days. They commonly appearfirst about the root of the tail, from which they spread rapid-ly over the body, sometimes falling dow r n towards the flanks,where they nestle below the skin, and often eat into the en-trails; and sometimes they spread along both sides of theback-bone, consuming the skin and fell as they proceed.The sheep which they attack may be easily discerned, evenat some distance; they hold down their heads, shake theirtails, seem quite impatient, and often run with violence fromone place to another; but in the last stages, they grow quitecallous and hopeless, and lie close to the earth till death putsan end to their sufferings. Many high lying districts are butlittle troubled with maggots; but when the weather is sultryand warm, the shepherd of the low country must always care-fully inspect his flock once a day, or oftener. They arespeedily destroyed by a solution of corrosive sublimate, towhich a little turpentine may be added. The mixture ispoured upon that part of the carcase where the maggots nes-tle through a quill inserted in the cork of the bott! . If theyhave been allowed to eat into the flesh, it may be proper 10clip off the wool and apply a mixture of tar and bin r, butit is by no means necessary to disfigure the animal, and w astethe fleece in ordinary cases.

Flies of different kinds are often extremely troublesome,and even dangerous. They penetrate the skin, and cluster-ing about the wound, soon enlarge it considerably, i heyare most offensive on low-lying, and woody pastures, andreadily fix on any small wound given in shearing; they «realso very troublesome to the heads of lambs of the hugerbreeds, which must often be secured from their attacks by a