. Our domestic animals, their habits, intelligence and usefulness; tr. from the French of Gos. De Voogt, by Katharine P. Wormeley;. Domestic animals. 172 OUR DOMESTIC ANIMALS Besides watching his sheep in the open country, the shepherd has to contend con- tinually against the scab and other ailments, iilling as he does the triple office of mid- wife, physician, and surgeon. The recipe of his particular ointment for the scab is often a family secret handed down from father to son. He applies it at fixed times and in a certain way. He parts the wool from the neck to the The shepherd is also the
. Our domestic animals, their habits, intelligence and usefulness; tr. from the French of Gos. De Voogt, by Katharine P. Wormeley;. Domestic animals. 172 OUR DOMESTIC ANIMALS Besides watching his sheep in the open country, the shepherd has to contend con- tinually against the scab and other ailments, iilling as he does the triple office of mid- wife, physician, and surgeon. The recipe of his particular ointment for the scab is often a family secret handed down from father to son. He applies it at fixed times and in a certain way. He parts the wool from the neck to the The shepherd is also the meteorologist of the village, and sometimes its seer ; in fact, he practices various sciences that border on the miraculous. For these many services he re- ceives a trifling salary, which is usually paid "in ; For instance, he may pasture a certain number of his own sheep ; or he may keep the whole flock for a certain number of nights on his own arable land in order to. A Trio oc Oxkdkh Down Cll.\^^'l()^'s ox Exhibition J. 'r. XewnlLin, I'. tail and rubs his ointment down the narrow line of skin thus exposed. Then he makes aniither part across and down each shoulder, so that the ointment is apj^lied to the skin in the form of a cross. Constant application of the remedy by this method suffices to keep the disease within certain limits. The shepherd will not listen to talk of a complete cure, sim|)l)' because he does nf)t believe it possible. This is one of the nimierous examples which prox'c with what strength some ideas are anchored in the minds of such persons. manure it; or he may take part of his meals with the various owners of the flock in turn, those who own man)' sheep feeding him for a greater number of days than those who have few. His food is composed chiefly of extremely thick and very greas}' pancakes. Another part of his salary comes from an obligation on the part of those peasants of the village who own horses, they agreein
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