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THE EMEU. 



Dromaivs Nofm-Hollandije. Vieill. 



In the vocabulary of the early Portuguese navigators 

 the name of Emeu was applied to a gigantic bird of 

 the Ostrich family, inhabiting the Peninsula of Malacca 

 and the great chain of islands to the south and east. 

 This denomination has, however, been long superseded 

 by that of Cassowary, derived from its native Malayan 

 appellation. On the other hand the bird now before 

 us was named by naturalists, on its first discovery, the 

 New Holland Cassowary, to indicate its close affinity 

 to the Asiatic species. But the colonists of New South 



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