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and this it was that attracted the cattle : they 



worutd mm attack m& ^m&m t(» jg^i somi& 



"wj^ salt than another. This inclination of 

 aninuih for salt i.^ hy no moans adduced as any 

 thing novel ; it is not confined to those domes- 

 :t^aated among the herbaceous, but dbo mmg 

 tile wJM hi th^t dass of imimak ; fm ftt Mfs^n 

 Flat, in tbe Tumat country, a water hoL^ 

 nearly dry in some i)arts, and at others per- 

 fectly so, and similar to tliose I had before seen 

 frequented by sheepj abounded in the tracks of 

 th«Mtif ^5 ; aiid^ m a i^mat exaixti&ation, tbe 

 eartli (wliich glittewd in the sun, as if impreg- 

 nated with saline particles) was licked and 

 gnawed, as was done by sheep in other parts of 

 the country ; hut it would be difficailt to Imow 

 wbeliier shmite f edtdtd mmtr^ v^th the br^iBd- 

 ing females of the kangaroos. 



At Loiiichracs, (abont tliirty miles from Cxoid- 

 burn Plains, on the road to Yas Plains,) the 

 farm of Mr. John Hume, I was also informed 

 that Iambi and had lo&t, Ikan similar 

 caiisi's to tliose I liave beoi relating. Tlie water 

 of tlie ri\ <'r wliich ruih- through his fan u in the 

 summer season, wh<'ii the stream is low, is kard^ 

 even so much so as to curdle the soap, and pre- 

 vent any waEbing^lth It^ liut in the 'i»d[oit@r 



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