and t\w cliildmi, ;is aiiiong all savage, uml pei'^ 

 lici])* evt'ii civilized, races, wlien ;ddi" tn pro- 

 vide lor tliumselves, are careless of jjcirentul 

 regard or proli^if^. 



(t it ^tx{>xi^Ag witli what ^cilitjT 1^ mihm 

 ascend, iti pursuit, of game, trees of large circuin- 

 fereiiee, without a braiieli to aid tlicm except 

 near the suniinit, merely by making small notches 



the feet are placed. I eveii «&w Ik. lemalfl adc^^ 

 a lofty tree for the purpose of taking a nest of 

 the "Julioiig," or Hose Hill parrot, from the hol- 

 low branch or " spout " of the tree ; she brought 

 dowa iit safety fiveMl-^edged young om^ Tim 

 native «^ IbMi^ as 4o all B^i^ thin^. 



The eo'gs of this speeies of ])arrot are of a light 

 bluish colour, with suiall, jialr, brown spots. 

 The young of all the parrot tribe were now abuu- 

 daist« Om ^&i^g a met my ears^ re* 

 matMag the llamonrnt^ voices of mine at a 



tliat " the itii[>ressk)iis ol' tht- feet of tlie aborigljial n;iti\ L's 

 may be readily distinguished from tliuse of Europeiinsj by die 

 MftoWitm ot the 1i6eii ittit cdmpaiwtivB hcm&iM^ ^ thv 

 tore part ttf tlic foot, the shonm-ss urthe toe, and ft peculiar 

 bend of die internal e^ge of the ibot inwariU, (ii t'onn von- 

 probably inciclcttt W the iiH*Hidd empbytnl b} tliej^L' pcojilu 

 Ui dinibiii^'' trees,) iinil the !>nuilliiessi i>r tl»e entire imprmium, 

 fOiuiHireil with thiii oi' m E-ttropetuu" 



