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mouths, as ik'cigoyiiig the delicious treat of wliicii 

 tlioy load jxist piijftakeix, making every en- 

 deavonr to return : m€ mm w^e teqmfed t& 

 be kept coustantly on the watch, to prevent 

 them ; Init with cveiT oxortiou it was almost 

 impos&iblo to keep them off, for one flock ad- 

 vanced as another was driven away, and the 

 people ^re «oon tired, ont.^ 



After eating tlie eartB, tbi^ dQ not feed on 

 the herliag'e iu any reguhir luauuor; tlu'v are 

 re>th'ss, picking a Ijit of grass here and tliere, 

 according to the statement of the shepherds, 

 until, <>ntite a|^foa<^ 4?f evening, they feed in a 

 m<it^ regulay mmn&t. 



Sometimes six or eight ewes may he seen run- 

 ning to a ])articular s])Ot on the pasturage, about 

 the roots of clumps of grass, and sometimes those 

 of Mien tfee^ Unking and gnawing about the 

 spot, as if it had ^ mtmk;i^mnli to thait iiund in 

 the trafcr holes. Tlicy will burrow underneath 

 flu' li;iid;. to get tlu' saline eartli^ at those plaees 

 where it may be most moist. 



This (][uality # the ground i» supposed 

 by tiie shepherds to imm prevdent about 

 Immiom mn$u tliaa any other geological 



It is suUl, if slitiep liavc not bitter Jicrl>s iu flit^ir jms* 

 ti>ui::e, they t\iU WX thrSvvi 



