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FLYING SQUIRUBl*. 



(;iikI al<n fhntf/o and Bcrai.') It is snrprising" 

 the distiiiici! tluse animals " fly," ov sprina:. 

 aided by tlie mcniln-anr i'xtondni<2;- IVom tlir 

 sides between tiie fore and hind legs. Tlit3 

 little sugar squixret Jm laeea iBQtwa. to leap a 

 distance of forty yarfSa ftoniiL ati ^^eyafioii 

 tJnrfjj fiet to the butt of a trefe, aitStOSS a liw* 

 Ono of tlic opossnms amonjj thn gamp was 

 a female which had two large-sized young ones 

 in her pouch ; tlxe delicate &0!fsel$ &t this 

 ^fim Ibai^iltiiig} uBskinned) and iindtam, uptm 

 the fire, whilst the "old mother" was lying yet 

 un flayed in the basket . 



It was amusing to see mth what ra^iidity and 

 expeitum liti# asdics w^r^ sHim^ em^ 

 bowi$lk4 % iihe blac^b ; the oM im§ f liptiim 

 to the dogs, bnt as such a waste on the jmrt of 

 the natives does not often take ]>laco, wo can 

 only presume it is when game, as it was at pre- 

 sent^ is Yexjr abund^t— afe usually in 



supply of proveiidet.; tiie liver l)ein<>" extracted, 

 ami o;tll-|)]adder removed, a stick was tlirnst 

 through the animal, which was either thrown 

 upon the ashes to broil, or placed upon a wooden 

 spithi^]p& the itct tQ roaati ifvhe^tll^ the 

 was removed from the fire cooked^ isr m\j half- 

 dressed, depended entirely on the state of their 



