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NATURE 



{Oct. 19, 1882 



24. THE Koala (TAasc-o/an/os cinereus). For many years j Sloth of Australia, alive in captivity Great anH ^««.*— 

 was deemed .mposs.ble to keep the Koala, or Native | efforts, it was said, had b£„ P macfe by many perlonsTn 





they never surged long, even under the most favourable | These prophecies, however'ike cJher forebodings on 



Fig. u— The Koala. 



nsw&ftv^.wss 1 sr fisaatts-a .», « t?« 



