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JAlik. PJUvASANT. 



sliops of the z()oloi2,ical collectors at Sydiii'V, in 

 pairs, formerly at a elieap rate, as tlie lartlstlieii 

 abounded in thtJ mountaiu rauguti uf tlie lllawarni 

 dhtriat i ktt tm tliat th^ Uriy Srom lis fjreijuettt 

 tleiStrii^xi, has become rsmy llt«se tails hsm 

 attained a price of from twenty to thirty shil- 

 lings the pair. About the ran^'O.*, Imwevei', 

 of the Tumat country, wliere they liave been 

 udditym destroyed, they are seen m0r^&^]a0:tly ; 

 at this season of the yeaif, (E^meisxhtst,*) it Ixas its 

 young ; indeed this is the season that tlie young* 

 of all tlie wild animals are produced in the 

 colony, and can consequently be procured with 



It u mmh to ibe x^g^^etted that humnn Ireinp 



are "SOf tager to dej^troy, even to ^daEa!tninati<ni, 

 the racfs of animals useful or daugerous, w liieli 

 may be I'ound in a new country. In the settleil 

 parts of the colony, tlie liarmless kangaroos and 

 emus Tarely ^em, "wkttt thof tmght easily 



be <i0llQ;€Stit-ited about tlir lialiitations. Tlie 

 same remark applies to tlie lyre pheasant. W'bv 

 are they not domesticated, before, by externii- 

 uatiou, they are lost to us for ever? 

 The LjTfe i» a Utd of ^eavjr fligbt, 



of foot. On latching a glimpse of the 

 sportsman, it runs with rapidity ; aiiled by the 

 wiugs in getting over logs of wood, rocks, or 



