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eat; (2) sheep very fond of this; (5) sheep will eat; (6) sheep fond of this; 
(8) sheep will not eat. The twigs are all from the same species,-though doubtless 
from different trees, and were collected by an esteemed correspondent of the 
Department (Mr. Grigg). 
From Warena Dun, Castlereagh Diver district, I have received specimens 
of “ Bimble Box” (Eucalyptus populifolia , Hook, f.) from the same gentleman. 
They appear to he absolutely identical, yet (1) is labelled, “ Stock will eat ”; 
(2) ‘‘ Stock will eat, but do not care too much for it”; (3) “ Stock will not eat.” 
Discussing the matter with Mr. D. H. Cambage, that gentleman gave me 
the following example with regard to one of the She-oaks ( Casuarina ) of the 
interior 
An old resident mentioned that a man had brought a team of bullocks a distance of over 100 miles, 
and when camping inquired from my informant what trees were good for feed. On being told that the 
Belah ( Casuarina Cambagei) was one of the best in this locality, he thereupon cut down a number of 
branches, only to find his bullocks reject them. He therefore went further afield, and some time afterwards 
returned to say his bullocks had had a great blow-out on Bull-oak ( Casuarina Luehmanni). When telling 
me of this, my informant appeared amused at the recollection, for it seemed to him that these travelling 
bullocks must have a queer palate to prefer Bull-oak to Belah, but the driver explained that they were 
used to the former in their native district. 
I would cordially invite correspondence on the very interesting subject I have 
brought before my readers. In deciding what are fodder-plants, it should be 
remembered that during the recent drought stock ate almost anything, but plants 
that animals only eat as a last resource should not be accounted fodder-plants. 
Messrs. Baker and Smith (under the name Eucalyptus pendula ) give the 
following statement of the composition of this oil: — 
Whence obtained 
for Oil. 
Specific Gravity 
at 15° C. 
Specific Rotation 
[ a ] D. 
Saponification 
Number. 
Solubility 
in Alcohol. 
Constituents 
found. 
Nyngan, N.S.W. ... 
0-9155 to 
0-9161 
+ 6-0° 
8-4 
11 vols. 
70% 
Eucalyptol, 
pinene. 
Seed.— 
In the wet season, when the Nardoo is not procurable, the blacks derive a good deal of their support 
from the seed of a myrtaceous tree, which I believe to be a species of Eucalyptus, and known there by the 
name of “Yellow Box.” When the fruit is nearly ripe a small patch is cleared round the tree, and 
confined by branches to prevent the fruit from escaping when thrown on the ground ; when a sufficient 
quantity has been cut down they are allowed to remain on the ground till the capsule bursts and discharges 
the small seed, which is then collected into the “cogie,” and afterwards manufactured like Nardoo._ 
(O’Shanesy’s Contributions to the Flora of Queensland, 1879, pp. 27 and 28.) 
Mr. Herbert Clark, of Killaw, Mulligan Diver, brought me seeds of the 
Coolabah (Eucalyptus bicolor), and informed me that this seed is prepared for food 
by the natives of the Mulligan in the way described by Mr. O’Shanesy above. 
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