344 m&mii> ^pmint^ m mmt?'. 



with tlie activity of deer, licking uud gnawing 

 ikt with avidity, 



hmjug Bmding-ewes, eating tke mitth v?a& 



followed by their devouring' the progeny of til© 

 other <nvcs, wlien brought forth ; and, on the shep- 

 herds endeavouriiit*' to save the hanibs just born 

 %om Aeir voracity, they would rush upon tliem, 

 hlUn^ Hhmt trowserSj and i&aking strenuotts 

 efforts to seize the lambs in the arms of the men. 



The different places altout the Mm rumltidiivc 

 country, where this took place, was shovn me 

 during my visit to that part of the colony. 

 ikm pIibB& ^ yiBi6k bog ^safth, m which 



marks of the tongues of tlio animals, at tliose 

 places where they liad Iteen liekino-, eoidd 

 be distinctly seen ; the second place w as similar 

 to the first, and two others conaisted of a reddish 

 clay. 



The situations ^r^re about lim^&tone ranges; 



and it has been remarketl, that tin: water holes, as 

 they air termed, (wliieh w hen drv, ai'e the jdaees 

 frequented by the sheep, for the purpose of helv- 

 ing aud gnawing tJie eattl^) aft^ standing for 

 thjfee 6r four dftj*, aeq^ite $t psmMm akkly, 

 sweetisli taste : ami it is in these j)ools, afW the 

 eva]>oration of the water, that the I'arth is situ- 

 ated, so eagerly de\oiuvd by the breeding-ewes. 

 Whm dt'mn away, tlu^y are seen licking their 



