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tmh, witli tlie addt^^Jfl tuf grease and rcil avhw ; 

 a tuft of beard ornamented Iiis efiin ; and rliu 

 colour of his hide was l>arely discernible, from 

 the layers of mud and charcoal covering it : 

 hemme $L **8prifea3 yari*' thfougli Bis "apd* 

 loo y for a nose the oposSipik-#||3i idoai covered 

 Ills shoulders ; and the CumeeV Or belt of 

 opossum-skin, girded the loins : the pipe \n as his 

 constant compauion, as the love of tobacco 



among tliose irhe> hiwe iliteajie^^atise irtii ^iJtr^ 

 peaxLS, ts uitboimded!) mv3i m more ace^tidbite 

 present can be made them. 



At meal times it was curions to observe the 

 conduct of this interesting' couple and the kau- 

 f&roo dogs I it ym mii<^ih9i^m0o^^&^g 

 $i^bm^ h&Sf^ tiil& pstike& : the dogs t^sorded 

 the former with an expression of anger, and tlie 

 opposite party looked both sulkily and anxiously 

 at the canine species the dogs appeared instinc- 

 tiv^y to fear that the humaa creatures would de- 

 wti7^^i3ioi*»^^lh«fiM»d^ axdthat th^sh.oi;^ld 

 be minus their share ; whilst the latter seemed to 

 know, either by instinct or practieid experience, 

 that large dogs bite tolerably hard when angry. 



Black and wltitig cockatoos had lately become 

 ftfsf iLVn&^tis libout t&lB t^art the eoviiitry : 

 the former apjieared to Iiave lieeii attracted by 

 some trees that Iwd been felled when clearing a 



