050 MORBID APPETITE IS SHEEJ*. 



ing, will rnsli mioix her, devour the yoiiiig one 

 mh ptbeeeds feom the motTi^ft some- 

 times half the lainh is dcvoiirtMl brlnn' it is 

 wliolly born, AItlif)iinli tliu slR-pliml-, Ity at- 

 tention, cnLli'avoiir to inert tlie evil ns niiirli 

 as possible, yet when many ewes are lamb- 

 ing, th& mmh^ of ddeplidsNls attached lo the 

 ftoeks are too siBdlt to enable tiiem to attend to 

 every individnal case. 



It may be a>k(^d, Does not the usual impulse 

 of natural feeling induee the nxotlier to prevent 

 the destmiBtioii hfer offspring ? In reply, it 

 may be siaid, Th^it th« poor, li^pleSs, timid 

 creature bleats, but makes no effort to defciul 

 he3f young one from the furious attgicks of tlie 



The pooirest and I^azmt ewe^ me ^ose 

 tnaflDed as liefng i&iM ea^i^ to dmmi^ ih& Iambs 

 of others ; tlrey have ]>een brought into that 



miserable state, from having* ])revioyslv l>een 

 fine fat ewes, merely from the eustom of devour- 

 ing the saline eai!^. 



The head sliepherd <rf Mt, Duitoa -s fiocksMd 

 me that there was not ^ finer ft^k of slie^p in 

 the country than those, previous to their de- 

 vouring the salt elay and earth ; after whicli 

 they fell otf in condition, " until they became 



in ^e n)i8«r^ble stdte in wMeh I mm thmi* 



