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HABITS, 



exif^g:— first, E. ht/striXy Desm., or Spiny 

 Ediidna, wliicli is fmnid on tlip mnmitaiii rmii^'cs 

 in the colony of j\'e\v South Wales ; and the 

 second; I>mm.f iyt Brk% Eelksi^, 



wMek h fetOEiii more 6<mimon in Van Biemaa's 



Land. Th^ gjjecies attains a h\YiX(' ^'it.^ : it 

 is stated in onr works of natural history as 

 being the size of a hedge-hog : my }'onng' spe- 

 ims ftf% dtai. At ** JfewiEgton,'* the 

 tm&mm # Jdlm Blu^laaid) E^q.^ 1 Imd m 

 opportunity of seeing a specimen full l^nJSteaD; 

 inclies long, and of proportionate circumference : 

 it fed upon milk and eggs, the eggs boiled 

 bsopd IPid chopped up small, witli rice ; its mo- 

 iSm hmff aitd alow; it mt^ of a fev^i^j 

 harmless disposition. When distiirhrd from its 

 place of retreat, it would feed duriiin- the Any ; 

 but was dithcult to remove from the cask in 

 wliicli it was placed, on account of its firmly 

 f xing^ lisdi ftt the bottom t it f^eds, by thrusdng 

 out the tongue, to M'hieh organ the food is at- 

 tached, and then withdraAving it. Mine niove<l 

 about, and drank milk at niglit, taking little 

 other food. After keeping it for nearly seven 

 rn^on^ I &tmd it m& i^ointn^ daitd. 



Th^isan affection of the eye, wliich much 

 prevails at this season of the year in the interior 

 of the colony, attacking both European settlers 



