354 MORBID APPETITE IN SHEEP. 



the Murrumbidgee river) Mr. Warby, who has 

 a fine farm at that place, suffered such losses 

 among his flocks from this cause, that he was 

 obliged to sell those that remained ; yet at 

 Brimgul, a station about eight miles distant, 

 near the Tumat river, there was a small flock of 

 sheep which had not shown any of this morbid 

 appetite, and were in excellent condition. 



On visiting Mr. Warby 's farm, the whole had 

 the appearance of being excellent pasturage, 

 and affording excellent sheep-runs ; but about 

 the pastures there were several pools of brackish 

 water, to which the sheep resorted, and from 

 which it was found at last impossible to keep 

 them. 



At this place again, although so destructive 

 to breeding-ewes, rams, wethers, and ewes, not 

 breeding, would fatten, and become in the finest 

 condition, upon the same pasturage. 



The sheep at these places eagerly devour the 

 Azolla pinnata, which grows abundantly in the 

 whole of the ponds and rivulets. 



At Guadarighy I remarked that the cattle, 

 after they had been turned out of the stock-yard, 

 invariably came licking the ground about the 

 huts. After some doubt as to the cause, it was 

 found that the water in which salt-meat had 

 been boiled, was thrown away about that place ; 



