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stroyod by the otlicr uwes, yet from the uiiiseru- 



h$m ob%ad to" temoye t!ie ymmg Irom tBeif 

 oate, &6in inability to support tlieiii, when tliey 

 enflcavoiir to rear them by liand as " pet lambs." 

 It' this were not done, the ewe wouhl be more 

 weakened by having to nourish li«f ofispring, so 

 tlmt i^JbtidWfi Brom exp^ldence) both ewe and 



In rearing bnubs away from the mothers many 

 perish ; and Ijesides, the shepherd's object to 

 raising pet Iambs, if it coulcl be :avoided, be- 

 eaiise lib^ tm siMdiB gm>d slieef^i "wim, immd 

 out in the pasturage they become poverty 

 sstrir/{C}i, still looking for tlie fostering band that 

 reared them. 



At Narangulleii a sheep-station, in the Mur- 

 nimbidgee coumtry^, near (hadmgh^j befca?e 

 the tbeep d^v^er^. tiiie ^ots in wMelf th^ 

 gsttfne earth was situateS^ "ftey brought forth iitm 

 yonng in the usual manner, aud the cleansings 

 (if the delivery Iiapjiened during the night) were 



Hauadlti ites Mif mA given a»iisiiial tethed^t 

 butwlieo tlie earth was dtseowed, the laial» 

 were attacked at birth, aud the clean sings" 

 wcvv d( voured, if not timely removed by tlie 

 shepherds. 



At Barbylara (also situated on ihe banks of 



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