Shepherds like to keep their flock in hurdles, folded as much as possible, that they may not rub their wool off and so get a ragged appearance.

Once now and then in wet weather the ground becomes so soft that a flock will not move, their narrow feet sinking so deeply in the mud.

It is then necessary to 'dog them out'-- to set the dog at them--and the excitement, fright, and exertion have been known to kill one or more of the flock.
Passing on to the lower grounds, we entered the meadows, where the men were at haycart.

The cart-horses wore glittering brazen ornaments, crescent-shaped, in front of the neck, and one upon the forehead.

Have these ornaments a history ?[2] The carters and ploughmen have an old-world vocabulary of their own, saying 'toward' for anything near or leaning towards you, and 'vrammards' for the reverse.