Sheep; their history, management, diseases [&c.]. |
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Page 90 - ... no corpse of any person (except those who shall die of the plague), shall be buried in any shirt, shift, sheet or shroud or anything whatsoever made or mingled with flax, hemp, silk, hair, gold or silver or in any stuff or thing, other than what is made of sheep's wool only., or be put into any coffin lined or faced with., any other material but sheep's wool only.
Page 26 - the Lincoln sheep were the largest carcassed sheep of all others, and although their legs and bellies were for the most part void of wool, yet they carried more wool on them than any sheep whatsoever.
Page 89 - Sion, that upon the setting of that bright Occidental Star, Queen ELIZABETH of most happy memory, some thick and palpable clouds of darkness would so have overshadowed this Land, that men should have been in doubt which way they were to walk...
Page 124 - Council from time to time, by general or specific description, direct, for animals carried, or about to be or having been carried, on the railway of the company.
Page 106 - Who dare tell them, or ought to tell them, unless these cruelties can be stopped and these sufferings put an end to? But they can and they will be relieved, for good and wise men have taken this subject in hand. Our captain, and indeed the crew "and the drovers, did not appear to be heartless in the matter. It is the system and plan of shipping cattle at all which must be amended. To put suffering, dying bullocks in the same steamer with passengers is utterly a mistake. The vessel cannot be used...
Page 107 - ... where no light enters, and whence a Stygian reeking comes. Slowly there comes up first the black, frowning, murdered head and horns, and dull blue eyes and ghastly grinning face of a poor dead bullock, then his pendent legs and his huge long carcase. To see the owner's mark on his back they scrape away the slush and grime, then he is swung over the sea, and a stroke of the axe cuts the rope round his horns. Down with a splash falls the vast heavy carcase ; and 201.
Page 85 - WOOL INDUSTRY Wool is a thick fibrous and wavy coat and a protective covering provided by nature for sheep. Sheep rearing is one of the most ancient professions in the world. The amount of importance attached to sheep as a form of wealth can be seen from the old proverb "Sheep have golden feet and wherever the print of them appears, the soil is turned to gold".
Page 91 - By this act, if am person shall send or receive any sheep on board any vessel, to be carried out of the kingdom, such vessel shall be forfeited, and the person so offending shall forfeit 31 for every sheep, and suffer solitary imprisonment for three months.
Page 106 - Through the live long night, while we Christians on board are sleeping in our berths, these horrid scenes are enacted, and no one to see them. Morning comes, and the dead must be taken from the living. A great boom is rigged up, and as we lean over the rail to look on, there is a chain let down, and the steam-winch...
Page 75 - ... gallons tepid water. This should suffice for 100 sheep, and costs about l£d. each. An infinite variety of proprietary and patent dips are now finding their way into the market. Some of these are really good, some indifferent, and others absolutely bad. Amongst those which occupy the first place are Cooper's, M'Dougall's, " The Glycerine," " The Tanfield," Bigg's, Eome's, Eeid's, and Rawden's.