tllE WOMBAT. 



attimals iiulicative of tlieir pteseiice; hut tlioy 

 can but sel<loni ho sooti, tliry rriiciiii in tlic 

 Imrrows during the day, coiiiiiij>" uut to i'cud iit 

 night. 



One of thea^ aniittals kept at Been>** in tlic 



Tinnat comitrVj alive and in ii tame state, would 

 retncHii in it.s hahitation ttnlil dark ; it would 

 tlicn eonie out, and seek lor the ketders or milk 

 vessels ; and should none be unco\'ered, would 

 eo^i^re lo^et off the covers, batJie itself miti© 

 iXtUk, drinking at the same tii)ie. It wrmhl also 

 enter the little x egetahle ^^.Tirden attaehed to the 

 station, in seareh of lettuees, to whieli it evineed 

 much partiality ; if none could be found, it wouUl 

 gnaw the ts9it»t)a|^0«dtaltei wiliibout lonlefih^ the 

 foliage. . Although ntuneri&usiii ihe iin^i^4idt^ 

 parts of tlu! eohmy, they ttre diHievdt to jirocute, 

 From tlie great depth to whieh they burrow. 



Having passeil tlie " ploughed ground, Bong 

 BoBgy Mittagong range, I coatilaiifid, 4^*o!ugll 

 a country p&r^imd by th^ mimiia^ iteats, or Imviiig 

 a burnt aspect, front the <'i!stom ariiouo- the ^^et- 

 tlers or natives, of setting fiie to llie <!rie(l grass. 

 The scorched and arid ujipearatiee of the hiud, as 



uaj jouvney immvAs S\duey, was wr^tehedi 

 icsdmpared witb the. beautiful verdiint plains and 



ranges 1 had left in the Tumat, Murrnml)idgee, 

 aud Vut> count riej5. The liarvestwas fortheuio&t 



