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POPULAR SCIENCE MONTHLY 



In the present paper we shall not attempt to follow the author 

 step by step in all his wanderings, nor to give even a resume of his 

 zoological studies. The reader will find in his book reliable and very 

 readable accounts of the phascolarctos, the duckbill, the porcupine 

 ant-eater, the bandicoot, the dasyure, the wombat, the various kinds 

 of kangaroos and other marsupials, the bower bird, the bird of para- 

 dise, the cockatoo, the hornbill, and similar species remarkable for 



Australian Weapons and Utensils. 1 and 2, boomerangs ; 3, stone hatchet ; 4, wooden 

 shield ; 5, reed basket ; 6 and 7, wooden clubs. (1-4, 6, 7, from Burnett ; 5, from Cook- 

 town.) 



their strange forms and gorgeous feathers, and the multitude of 

 gigantic lizards, death adders, and other venomous reptiles, and the 

 huge but harmless python known as the carpet snake. There are 

 also vivid descriptions of. the natural scenery, as well as of the 

 natural history of this marvelous land, in which the mammals lay 

 the cuckoos resemble pheasants, the hoot of the owl sounds 



