Z OOLOGY. 



The Kaolo is supposed to live chiefly upon berries 

 and fruits, and like all animals not carnivorous, to be of a 

 quiet and peaceful disposition. Its only enemies must be 

 the Racoon and Dwarf Bear of that country, and from 

 which it can easily escape by climbing ; and its appear- 

 ance at a small distance must resemble a bunch of dry 

 and dead moss. As there are no kind of Tygers or Wolves 

 known as yet, except the Australasian Fox should be 

 reckoned as a Wolf, the smaller animals must be upon 

 the whole more secure than in most other countries. 



The Koalo has more analogy to the Sloth-tribe than 

 any other animal that has hitherto been found in New 

 Holland, the eye is placed like that of the Sloth, very 

 close to the mouth and nose, which gives it a clumsy 

 awkward appearance, and void of elegance in the combi- 

 nation. The motions of such a creature beinff slow and 

 languid, and the back lengthened out by the continual 

 hanging posture which they assume ; they have little 

 either in their character or appearance to interest the Na- 

 turalist or Philosopher. As Nature however provides 

 nothing in vain, we may suppose that even these torpid, 

 senseless creatures are wisely intended to fill up one of 

 the great links of the chain of animated nature, and to 

 shew forth the extensive variety of the created beings which 

 God has, in his wisdom, constructed. 



