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while a most delightful pet, living during 

 the day in an old waistcoat pocket, 

 with its long black tail curled round and 

 round its face till the extreme tip just 

 covered his little pink nose. At dusk 

 he would emerge and be fed with weak 

 -condensed milk and a few gum leaves. 



On our return to Sydney he lived for 

 some time on milk, gum and pepper- 

 tree leaves, the latter being quite a 

 favourite dish. He was allowed his 

 freedom and had a box for the daytime 

 sleep in a corner of the verandah, while 

 a plentiful supply of food was placed 

 on a table each evening. He would 

 leave his box and travel the length of 

 the verandah to his meal, and, after a 

 little exercise, would return to his nest, 

 but ultimately he left his home and was 

 not afterwards heard of. 



Our hopes over the rat traps were 



gratified to some extent by the capture 

 of a Yellow-footed Pouched Mouse 

 ( Phascologale flavvpes) with eight young 

 in the pouch, but this was the only 

 species secured apart from the ubiqui- 

 tous Rattus assimilis. Here, too, this 

 species found the raisin bait an irre- 

 sistible delicacy, and we soon found our 

 available jars well filled. 



We accordingly packed our l)elongings 

 and trudged heavily laden back to the 

 hut, and a few days later a most de- 

 lightful trip came to an end, though not 

 without hopes of a further acquaintance 

 with the locality. 



The material collected affords a good 

 indication of what the locality would 

 produce during a more pro]iitious 

 season, and in the summer months the 

 whole area must abound with mammal, 

 bird and insect life. 



The white and yellow flowers of the Everlastings (Helichrysum elatum) 

 the beautiful Swallow-Tail Butterfly (Papilio macleayanus). 



[Photo. — ,1. Musgrave. 



