INTRODUCTION. XV 



After these few preliminary remarks I shall proceed 

 to notice those animals and birds which form the chief 

 pursuit of the sportsman out here. But let the reader 

 bear in mind that I never camped more than forty miles 

 from Melbourne in any one direction. Still, in one place 

 or another within that district, I fell in with nearly 

 every species of game peculiar to Victoria, and my Notes 

 will give a pretty fair idea of the field-sports of Australia 

 in general. 



