COLONIAL Jll^>e^^M* 



rea];>ect to other 'rmiinals, reptiles, and insects, 

 arraiio'iMl i-acli imflcr the separate faniilirs and 

 genera, so a?i, in a comparatively short period of 

 time, to form as valuable a collection of Australian 

 natural }3irQidtictions as Bds ever Imeii c^Q^te^ 

 m any part of the irorld. Native 'w^pOiil* 



Utensil^^, and otlier specimens of tlie arts, as «9£- 

 istintr anion*;- tlic Almrigines, us well as the 

 sknlls of til e difh-reut tribes, and aecurate draw- 

 ings of their peculiar is^ iaf l^^tea^'Wijm^ 

 ft diQsl;t;^ble~adiiilion. At iik& present t^e> mch 

 mtflit lie procured witliout much difHcnlty ; but 

 it is r{|tially certain, as well as much to be re- 

 gretted, tiiatthc tribes in the settled parts of the 

 mhtLj iOre fi»t 4eGreasing, and many, if not all, 

 yn% Ei m distol pei^^v ^ knowa l>«ij^ by 

 n;nno. Here, in a public museum, the remains 

 of the arts, tS:e. as existing among them, may lie 

 preserved as lasting memorials of the former 

 races inhabiting the lands, whm they hacl ceased 

 to exist. 



Tlie botanical pnuluetions of the colony may 

 also Ih' kept in a dried state for refen;nce, together 

 witli specimens of tlie woods in dillcrcut stages of 

 growth. Peculiarities in the economy of any of 

 th6 atdmalft nmght l>e presenred as wet prepara- 

 tions and to the whole collection, systematically 

 arranged well the scieotstific, (or haa*d names. 



