AND ITS RELATION TO ANIMAL LIFE 95 



the digestive organs is materially impaired, 

 that their appearance is favoured, or their 

 multiplication encouraged. They resemble the 

 birds of prey, that hasten the death and the 

 demolition of the fallen deer, but who are not 

 concerned in bringing the animal down." 



And on page 453, after giving much evidence 

 on the subject, the author says 



" Then there is something more than mois- 

 ture necessary for the production of the rot." 



Mr. H. Newton Hart, of Mountain Top, 

 Cathcart, South Africa, says 



" For three years prior to 1890 I used to lose 

 100 sheep out of my flock of 1,000 each year 

 from fluke. 



" I then gave them sulphate of iron, mixed 

 with salt, every spring, since when I have not 

 lost any sheep from fluke. 



" The sheep only appear to care for the salt 

 and iron when the grass is green and sappy. 

 For the last two years we have been suffering 

 from drought, when I find the sheep do not 



