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ont. The grass is very valuable, being required for the 

 cattle, so the sheep must have other fare. What other 

 fare, we naturally ask, can a sheep have than grass ? 

 Seaweed nothing but seaweed. 



The sheep here are unlike any animals of the species 

 I ever saw. They are called wild sheep, are lean and 

 scraggy, and are like goats. Their mutton is dark 

 eoloured. The natives like it very much, and some 

 people say it has the flavour of venison. The taste is 

 certainly peculiar, and suggests the idea of seaweed. 



Almost every rood of the island is under cultivation. 

 There are therefore no peats, and there is no wood, 

 except when an unfortunate ship is "wrecked. Coals and 

 peats are very expensive. To obtain a supply of fuel, the 

 people have recourse to an expedient practised by the 

 Arabs in the desert, and also by the inhabitants of Cornwall. 



Every family has a cow, and when the byre is cleaned 

 out, the dung heap, instead of being used for agricultural 

 purposes, is mixed with straw, and then cut into pieces, 

 which are called scones. These are laid in the sun to 

 dry, and are not used until "they are a year old, when 

 fche sulphuretted hydrogen is gone, and the smell in 

 burning is not so offensive. One can see from this why 

 the cow is made so much of, and has the grass all to her- 

 self, to the detriment of the sheep. It is not every 

 animal that can supply us with meat, drink, clothing, and 

 fire. It is scarcely necessary to say, that the atmosphere 

 of houses heated by this kind of fuel is not particularly 

 pleasant. 



