Poft majores quadrupedes ovilli pecoris fecunda ratio eft, quæ prima fit, fi ad utilitatis magnitudinem referas : nam id præcipue nos contra frigoris violentiam protegit, corporibufque noftris liberaliora præbet Ve THE ARGUMENT. THE fubject propofed. Dedicatory addrefs. Of paftures in general fit for fheep: for fine-wool'd Sheep for long-wool'd sheep. Defects of pastures, and their remedies. Of climates. The moisture of the English climate vindicated. Particular beauties of England. Different kinds of English Sheep: the two common forts of lambs defcribed. Different kinds of foreign fheep. The feveral forts of food. The difempers arifing from thence, with their remedies. Sheep led by instinct to their proper food and phyfic. Of the fhepherd's fcrip, and its furniture. Care of Sheep in tupping time. Of the caftration of lambs, and the folding of fheep. Various precepts relative to changes of weather and feafons. Particular care of new-fallen lambs. The advantages and fecurity of the English Shepherd above thofe in hotter or cooler climates; exemplified with refpect to Lapland, Italy, Greece and Arabia. Of Sheep-fhearing. Song on that occafion. Custom in Wales of sprinkling the rivers with flowers. Sheep-fhearing feaft and merriments on the banks of the Severn. |