A Spot Must Not Be
Selected Where The Current Sweeps Underneath A Hollow Bank Of Gravel Or
A Perpendicular Wall Of Shingle; The Bank On To Which The Sheep Are To
Land Must Shelve, No Matter How Steeply, Provided It Does Not Rise
Perpendicularly Out Of The Water.
Thirdly, a good place must be chosen
for putting them in; the water must not become deep all at once, or the
sheep won't face it.
It must be shallow at the commencement, so that
they may have got too far to recede before they find their mistake.
Fourthly, there should be no tutu in the immediate vicinity of either
the place where the sheep are put into the river or that on to which
they are to come out; for, in spite of your most frantic endeavours, you
will be very liable to get some sheep tuted. These requisites being
secured, the depth of the water is, of course, a matter of no moment;
the narrowness of the stream being a point of far greater importance.
These rivers abound in places combining every requisite.
The sheep being mobbed up together near the spot where they are intended
to enter the water, the best plan is to split off a small number, say a
hundred or hundred and fifty (a larger mob would be less easily
managed), dog them, bark at them yourself furiously, beat them, spread
out arms and legs to prevent their escaping, and raise all the
unpleasant din about their ears that you possibly can.
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