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distance ; but it apprared the noise proceeded 

 from a biitcli oi'voiing' " Waoiiras," or cockatoos, 

 iu an adjoiuiog tree, wliicli were either disturbed 

 by flying squirrels and opossums,* or, as a blaek 

 Mbt'* oteferved, ** ^pose got no isufp^, 



Tlic Eiini, or New Holhiiid cassowary, (Cam- 

 arius Nocce HoUand'ns, Lath.) wx-re abundant 

 dbolii tbis part of tlie colony, more particulaily 



It is, however, fio> be regretted, that tlie birds 



are becoming rarer us settlements advance, 

 as tliey could be readily domesticated. The 

 s^0^ T&sm\ applies also to the kangaroo and 

 otlb^ anit&ialSj agadmt wBoxki ^ war iOf etf^^ 

 inloation seems to have been declared. Tlie 

 emu is princifjally valued lor its oil. The na- 

 tives in this part of the colony call tlieui 

 Gorin, " and ** Berebine/' The skin of a full- 



gmwn Ht^ prodt^ee^ 4it or quafte of oil, 

 clear, and of a beautiful bright yellow colour : 

 the nietJiod of extracting- or trying " tlje oil, is 

 to pluck the feathers, cut the skin into pieces, 

 and boil it ; but the aborigines prefer the flesli 

 witb the skift nfm i% regarding it^ as the Es- 



The (^nunon o|)0«»ui)^ Is M&i byiS^e abdngiii?^ in diis 

 jpart of* the country, " Willc," and '* Wadjimj** tHe ri^^'tflilett 

 crpossum* *• Bok»rc," and " Kimiinc" 



