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gether, extinct. Diseases have also pla\ed a great part in tlie extermination. 

 The native bear died in tliousands from a disease which produced a great 

 bony growth on tlieir heads. A mysterious disease also spread through the 

 ranks of the native cat, Dasyurus z'iz'crri)ius : the domestic cat also played a 

 great part in their extermination. Even adult specimens of Dasyitnts were 

 often dragged in by the family cat. 



" The only mammals caught in traps were Miis cissiiiiilis and Phascologale 

 Haviprs. The others were all shot or snared. As the majority of the mam- 

 mals taken were nocturnal and arlioreal, the headlight proved to be a valuable 



31. — .\n .\ustralian marsupial n.scmi)ling a very 

 large tlying sipiirrel. 



and indispensable part of my outfit. The hunting of kangaroos and wallaiiies 

 was greatly handicapped through the lack of a rifle. 



" Pcramclcs uasuta has been i)ractically exlerniinatrd througiidut X. S. \\'., 

 but they are still to be found in Mosman, one of Sydney's suburbs, -<<) I made 

 a trip out there and was able to get a fine female with two young in lur iionili. 

 This was trapped inside tlie laroiiga Park Zoo grounds with the kind ner- 

 mission of Mr. .\. S. Lc Souef. 



" The fact of I'rranuirs itasiiln being found at Mosman is probably due to 

 the isolation <>i that district frf)m the rest of X. S. W. by the city of Sydney, 

 thus keeping out the introduced ff)xcs. 



