PREFACE 5 



Tourist's Bureau, for his kindness in facilitating 

 my travels, while I can only apologize to my 

 Tasmanian friends that in return for their hospi- 

 tality I have only these imperfect sketches to 

 offer. 



The illustrations in this book are partly from 

 photographs and drawings of my own, or made 

 under my direction, while many are borrowed 

 from Mr. Beattie of Hobart, who has kindly 

 permitted their reproduction here. The drawing of 

 the Tiger is a composite drawing by Mr. Bayzand 

 of Oxford, partly after Gould and partly from 

 my own suggestions, while that of the Devil by 

 Mr. Goodchild is from a living specimen in the 

 Zoological Society's Gardens, by permission of 

 Dr. Chalmers Mitchell. 



