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about the iMiirrumbidgee, would, nevertheless, 



^am§&y m 1>est place to f&Um ilEeni ; in- 

 deed, all concurred tliat rams, wx tliers, and 

 even the owes, if not lirtjeLliijo , thrive nnd hitl:e!i 

 upon that pasturage land about the Murrum- 

 Ibidge^ countrj, wMch proves so destmctive to 



lft» MsiJiton luid slieep on the linustoue 

 faiiges, near the hanks of the Murrinnhiilove 

 river ; thoy bee;niuj impoverished, find artiuired 

 the morbitl appetite for devouring tlie ytniug 



ImAm 5 hut when te vemm^M^m to a gratrite 

 soil, in the vicinitjT ^^f Yas FbiiB, tliey speedily 

 recovered tlieir foraier irood rnnditlnu, ;ind tlie 

 niorl)id apjietite left tliem, more |ir(>liiil>ly IVnin 

 there being no " water holes"' eoutaiiiiug saline 



eaiith almt fes plam> ^m ts&m iAm diange of 

 stra^ ; Ijow^ver, ihey nm&t i^tam^ to tlie un- 

 natural prartiei's, as was so frequeut on tlie 

 sheep-runs at the foriuer jthiee. 



At Jug'ioug, Mr. O'Brien suH'ered in the loss 

 of UitM from tla^ imoL t^^Vm i % ^^'^ 

 sl^lly elMYigk^ fsMxLt^g€i it wasi clice^ed 

 in some degree; anil although laiJite were 

 somef lines lost, yet tlie destruction was much 

 lessriicd. 



Eveij wlieu tlie laiubs arc not devoured or de- 



