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IN response to the letter of Mr. H. C. Donovan (NATURE, vol. xx. p. 457), in relation to the habit of cattle in the colony of Natal chewing bones, I beg leave to state that many years ago, in a monograph on “Geophagy”, I had occasion to put on record a similar habit among the cows in one of the Southern Atlantic States of the United States (vide Southern Medical and Surgical Journal, new series, vol. i. pp. 417–444, August, 1845). From this paper I quote (p. 442–443) the following extract bearing upon the question:—
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LECONTE, J. Bone-Sucking—A Habit of Cattle. Nature 21, 12 (1879). https://doi.org/10.1038/021012d0
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