hut if tlic little aiiiniiil has hwn licked clean hy 



lite ntottov mA U ityt it may he plae^ m 

 Imtdiles ftni^ttgdt the £W€^ witknit filial? 



heing 'AtUwkvd or injiived. Thus showing tlint 

 the salt natiirt; of the lif/ftor amnif, which at 

 that time covers the yonng one, is the principal 

 exciting cause forthis extraordinary propensity to 

 destro^^ tto d]^p«[tlte h^wig ^^^^ % Bavla^ 

 previously eaten the saline eartli from the 

 ** water holes." 



At the places where this destrnction to the 

 hopes of the wool-grower takes place, the pas- 

 turage is liixusfi^t J »jid tlj^mtaafioiis wmiM be 

 selected, by a p^OJi iglforant of the before- 

 nicnti(>iiod circumstances, as some of the finest 

 sheep-runs in the colony. 



The mother will not devour lier own progeny, 

 hnt wIBl $im^1&mm (wWelt is n^bt unfrequent in 

 maiden ewes) iiot taie to the larabsj hnt fixcsake 

 them ; until the shepherds hurdling tlie mother 

 ;md ynung one together, the mother at last ae- 

 knowledges her young. 



It i$ mi ^picmi^^f "teQi^ver, for them to 

 Mh^ other t?pe$$ attac^^d: derdur the Iambs 

 brought forth hy tlicm, in as ravenous a manner 

 as the others wnuhl h:ne devoured their \'oiinp;. 



The ewes will not even wait until the young 

 h\mh is born, but when tlicy see an CM^e yearn- 



