MORBID A^PETI^fK W SBISGP. 351 



Tlie Iblluwiiig is auotlier, aiuoiig too niauj 

 fnstattces of ihdt mm^. An had jmt 



tlm of the yoimo; one had yet been bora, when 

 from fifteen to twenty ewes were seen rnnninn; 

 towards her ; the shepherds perceiving this, 

 rescued the ewe, and remained near her until 

 slie had done lam1»iig ^ ^tfieir kept ^ n 

 slii>rt <B8taiM5^, <jcc^tri<Mirtly advaiKing to make 



an attack npon the yonug' one. The hinili wsis 

 hronght fortli, and when j)erfectly cleaned and 

 dry, was placed in the sheep-fold, in the even- 

 ing with tte iciotber, m ms^j, trat thn saiher 

 me^ them took no notice ei^er of the mother or 

 yoimg one. 



Altliontili the breedinst ewes suffer both in 

 health, and aetpiire this morbid appetite of de- 



voimng tlii& progeny of ^^hm^ and ibai? 0m 



hr0^n$^ fatten to an astonishing degtet upon 

 the same pasturage, wdiere In^eeding ewes had 

 become miserably lean> and died in numbers 

 from being in W low t q<J>i^fi©ii* On one of 

 these spots, I saw a wether MHed from % flook, 

 whidl was so fat as to render the meat almost 

 itnt^atable ; and Mr. Manton, wlio, from the 

 cause Ijefore-mentinned, Inid l)een obliged to n*- 

 movc all Ijis^ breeding ewes from his pastures 



