\ji:ri;.Airt,v( rrosis. 



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milk ; it tlii" torc-fi'ct in layinsi;' hnlil of the 

 ItniHclH.'^ wlini (»atiii<»' tlii' yonuji" lo;n ( s <>i" the 

 gum trees, {Enmlypii). This specimen was a 

 tnalfe, ^itxA the »OJSB it uMered wi^s a pectiHai* 

 soft barkktg mxai. % dm'fj^ lite ^tj^ 

 mini ill"' abont to fccil at nifi'lit, l)nf when 

 ronstnl will al^o feed dnrmg the day in its pre- 

 sent state of coiiliuement. 



&m is ^om^temm to &l^k that the aboirxgiiidfi 



of this country believe in the metempsycliosis of 

 the departnre of tlie soul of their liretliren into 

 the bodies of certain animals ; but as the notes 

 I €olIeetdl did ^tisfy my mind, m m 

 sert thisas a positive fact, Imealaioail, £^4)fe^ 

 to procnre information on the subject. That 

 sometliing like it exists, appears in some degree 

 certain. In one instance, a native, at Beraa 

 plalits, deMf ei ia Etitope&oi wo>% to WOl a Qimti^ 

 wlli^h lle wasthefr^tefi^j "but to catoh it alive 

 as it was " liim brother/* The animal, however, 

 was killed, at wliieh tlie nalive was mueli dir:- 

 pleased, and would not eat any of it, but un- 

 Geaaingly complained of the '* tumbling ^omxi 

 him brother." 



