1. Quicksilver 1Ointment For The Scab Or Shab 151 Venice turpentine 1/2 Ointment For The Scab Or Shab 152 ; rub them together until the globules are no longer visible; then add 1/2 pint of oil of turpentine, and 4Ointment For The Scab Or Shab 153 of lard. The mode of applying this ointment is as follows: - Begin at the head of the sheep, and proceeding from between the ears along the back to the end of the tail, divide the wool in a furrow till the skin can be touched; and let a finger slightly dipped in the ointment be drawn along the bottom of the furrow. From this furrow similar ones must be drawn along the shoulders and thighs to the legs, as far as the wool extends. And if much infected, 2 or more should also be drawn along each side, parallel with that on the back; and one down each side before the hind and fore legs. It kills the sheep-fag, and probably the tick and other vermin. It should not be used in very cold or wet weather. - Sir Joseph Banks.

2. Tar oils. Tobacco juice. Stavesacre. - Finlay Dot.

3. Strong mercurial ointment 1 part, lard 5 parts; mix. - Youatt.

4. Quicksilver 1Ointment For The Scab Or Shab 154 Venice turpentine 1/2 Ointment For The Scab Or Shab 155 . spirit of turpentine 2 oz., lard 4 4 1/2Ointment For The Scab Or Shab 156 ; to be made and used as No. 1. In summer 1Ointment For The Scab Or Shab 157 of resin may be substituted for a like quantity of lard. - Clater.

5. Strong mercurial ointment 1Ointment For The Scab Or Shab 158 ., lard 4Ointment For The Scab Or Shab 159 ., oil of turpentine 8 oz., sulphur 12 oz. - White.

6. Mild. Flowers of sulphur 1Ointment For The Scab Or Shab 160 Venice turpentine 4 oz., rancid lard 2Ointment For The Scab Or Shab 161 ., strong mercurial ointment 4 oz.; mix well. - Clater.

7. Lard or other fat, with an equal quantity of oil of turpentine. - Daubeston.

8. Without Mercury. Lard 1Ointment For The Scab Or Shab 162 oil of turpentine 4 oz., flowers of sulphur 6 oz. - White.

9. Strong mercurial ointment 1Ointment For The Scab Or Shab 163 lard 4 Ointment For The Scab Or Shab 164 ., Venice turpentine 8 oz., oil of turpentine 2 oz. If mixed by heat, care must be taken to use no more heat than is necessary, and to add the oil of turpentine when the other ingredients begin to cool, and to stir till cold. - M'Ewen.

10. Corrosive sublimate 2 oz., white hellebore 3 oz., fish oil 6 quarts, resin 1/2Ointment For The Scab Or Shab 165 tallow 1/2Ointment For The Scab Or Shab 166 The sublimate and then the hellebore to be rubbed with a portion of the oil till perfectly smooth, and then mixed with the other ingredients melted together. - Stevenson.

11. The following once had considerable local celebrity, but it obviously requires to be used with caution. Dissolve 2 1/2 oz. of corrosive sublimate in the same quantity of muriatic acid, and beat up the solution with 6Ointment For The Scab Or Shab 167 of strong mercurial ointment; put it in a large pan, and pour on it 19 1/2 Ointment For The Scab Or Shab 168 of lard, and 1 1/2Ointment For The Scab Or Shab 169 of common turpentine, melted together and still hot, and stir the whole continually until it becomes solid.