58 THE ABORIGINES OF THE LOWER MURRAY, LOWER 
Or THe AzoriGINAL Doc, How UTILISED.—OF FLEAS AND 
OTHER NOXIOUS PARASITES. 
The only animal these aborigines possess in a state of domes- 
ticity is the indigenous dog, Canis familiaris Australis, and of these 
quadrupeds they keep perfect packs. They are used for the run- 
In the cold nights also these animals are of singularly good ser- 
vice, as they tend in no inconsiderable degree to keep up the tem- 
perature in the loondthals, where they sleep in common with their 
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mber on one occasion in the old bye-gone days of the 
Colony, where a pack of these wretched curs pertaining to an 
