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highly of, the large Newfoundland dog. A whole 

 library of history might be attached to the first two 

 emblems ; from Hakluyt to the papers of the Fishery 

 Award, in which the United States paid us 1, 500,000 

 for infringement of our rights on these North Atlantic 

 waters. 



Some of the United States stamps are almost 

 illustrations of national history. A large four-cent 

 scarlet stamp shows a buffalo on a prairie with a Red 

 Man in pursuit, and another teams of horses ready 

 to start the self-binding reaping-machines first made 

 for prairie use ! Canada very early took the beaver 

 for its crest, a natural and proper compliment to the 

 animal which first invited colonists to venture there 

 in any numbers, though whether the practical return 

 made was of the kind the beaver would have pre- 

 ferred is another matter. Historically viewed, the 

 beaver is to the insignia of Canada what the tunny- 

 fish was on the coins of Cyzicus, a kind of advertise- 

 ment of a former staple industry. The maple-leaf is 

 the Canadian tribute to sentiment, while the beaver 

 records " business." 



Australia and New Zealand combine zoology with 

 history on some of their stamps. New Zealand 

 and the different governments now federalised in 

 Australia each select a typical animal, but New 

 South Wales adds a short historical reference. The 

 latter colony backs up the English symbolism by 

 which Mr. Punch and others typify the Australian 

 Commonwealth as a kangaroo. In the issue of 

 stamps of 1870 a kangaroo stands upright, and 



