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A NATURALIST IN TASMANIA 



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 89 



To face page 92 



FIG. 



20. Neoniphargus ripensis, from the Great Lake 



21. Head-scales of Tasmanian Snakes . 



22. On the Linda track to Lake St. Clair. The 



Mount Charles Plains, with Mount 

 Olympus in the distance 



23. The Native Tiger or Thylacine {Thylacinus 



cynocephalus) ,, ,,95 



24. The Tasmanian Devil (Sarcophilus ursinus) „ „ 97 



25. Lake St. Clair. Mount Ida (with gum 



forests) in the distance ... „ ,, 98 



26. The Mountain ' Trout ' {Galaxias truttaceus) 



from streams and lakes . . . „ ,, 106 



27. Galaxias attenuatus, the brackish and fresh- 



water ' Trout ' „ „ 106 



28. The Cucumber Herring {Prototroctes 



maraena) ,, ,, 106 



29. The Black-fish (Gadopsis marmoratus) . „ ,, 106 



30. The Giant Crayfish or Freshwater Lobster 



of Tasmania {Astacopsis Franklinii) 



compared with an English Crayfish . ,, ,,110 



31. A Path through the Myrtle forest, near 



the Magnet Mine, West Coast . . „ » 112 



32. In the Horizontal Scrub ; climbing on 



the Platform „ „ 112 



33. A. Celery-topped Pine (Phyllocladus rhom- 



hoidalis) 115 



B. King William Pine (Athrotaxis laxi- 



folia) 115 



C. Pherosphaera Hooheriana 115 



34. Tree Ferns (Dicksonia) and Sassafras 



forest of the West Coast type . . To face page 116 



35. D. The Deciduous Beech (Fagus Gunnii) . . . 121 



E. The Myrtle or Evergreen Beech {Fagus 



Cunninghami) 121 



Map of Tasmania At end 



