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stroyed by the other ewes, yet from the misera- 

 ble condition of the mothers, the shepherds have 

 been obliged to remove the young from their 

 care, from inability to support them, when they 

 endeavour to rear them by hand as ''pet lambs." 

 If this were not done, the ewe would be more 

 weakened by having to nourish her offspring, so 

 that (as is known from experience) both ewe and 

 lamb would be lost. 



In rearing lambs away from the mothers many 

 perish ; and besides, the shepherd's object to 

 raising pet lambs, if it could be avoided, be- 

 cause they are seldom good sheep ; when turned 

 out in the pasturage they become poverty 

 stricken, still looking for the fostering hand that 

 reared them. 



At Narangullen a sheep-station, in the Mur- 

 rumbidgee countr}^, near Guadarighy, before 

 the sheep discovered the spots in which the 

 saline earth was situated, they brought forth the 

 young in the usual manner, and the cleansings 

 (if the delivery happened during the night) were 

 found in the fold, and given as usual to the dogs; 

 but when the earth was discovered, the lambs 

 were attacked at birth, and the "cleansings" 

 were devoured, if not timely removed by the 

 shepherds. 



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