thrive in all juvenile plantations but for the 
constant trapping. However, in adult woods 
with well cultivated fire-breaks, there is 
usually insufficient sustenance for these vora- 
cious animals, so that such portions of the 
forests are free from them. Actually, with 
mosses and the edible, symbiotic fungus Bole- 
tus , a few rabbits can live even in adult stands, 
but not all the year round. 
Foxes make use of any suitable spots within 
the forests for excavating their burrows. As 
they will hunt over many miles in a night, it 
matters not to them if their den be surrounded 
on all sides by a mile of pine woods lacking 
in game. 
The Deer (species not ascertained by the 
writer as yet) are regular visitors to the young 
plantations near the Victorian border. They 
probably spend as much time in the native 
forest as in the pines. 
It is repeated that the adjustment between 
the fauna and the relatively new coniferous 
forests is in the process of taking place, and 
may not be complete for many decades yet. 
Notes on 
WATER- YIELDING PLANTS IN 
AUSTRALIA 
by H. A. LINDSAY 
110 Cross Road, Higligate, South Australia 
Methods of finding water in the semi-arid and 
arid regions of Australia can be divided into 
four broad classes: (1) The location of sur- 
face water in the form of pools, springs, soaks 
and rockholes by observing the tracks of ani- 
mals, noting the presence of birds never found 
far from water, or by watching the flight of 
birds such as the wild pigeons, which always 
drink at sundown; (2) Digging wells at spots 
in sand dunes, either coastal or inland, where 
potable water is likely to be found at shallow- 
depth; (3) Digging up frogs which are hiber- 
nating during a drought beneath the dry mud 
of lagoons and swamps, and squeezing the 
stored water from their bodies; (4) Obtain- 
ing water from the roots or trunks of some 
species of native plants. This paper will deal 
only with the last-named. 
There are four main ways in which potable 
and perhaps life-saving water can be obtained 
from Australian trees and plants.. First in 
order of importance, chiefly because it is most 
useful in semi-arid sand-dune country where 
surface water is non-existent, is draining it 
from tree roots. The procedure to be adopted 
can be summarised as follows: 
From a vantage-point the surrounding ter- 
rain should be examined and a tree or bush 
selected which is larger than the rest, has a 
healthy, flourishing appearance, and stands 
alone in an open space or grows on the edge 
of a clump. Such plants are usually found on 
the sides or the summits of the dunes; those 
which grow in the deepest hollows should be 
avoided. Trained powers of observation can 
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