THE TASMANIAN NATURALIST. 
it lac-kf.l something which nature had 
provided for these lowly creatures—the 
burrowing in the earth. 1 often accom¬ 
panied my little pet out in the open, and 
it was most pleasing to observe the won¬ 
derful adaptability with which its pig- 
iilce snout would 'he forced under the 
earth. I was very sorry to find that- 
after a week or two my poor gttnni grew 
duller and weaker, and one morning the 
little one was found to he quite lifeless; 
he is now in a case of Tasmanian mam¬ 
mals in t(ie Launceston Museum. Some 
little time after 1 had the pleasure of 
receiving a present o:’ two very tiny little 
gunni, which had not been clothed very 
long, the mother having got into one of 
tho-e barbarous spring traps which coun¬ 
try hoys are so fond of setting, and thus 
tori living many innocent lives. All that 
was possible was done for these 
“baby handies, hut they pined away, 
and also form case specimens in 
the Launceston Museum. I am 
sure my friends of the Tasmanian 
Naturalist-.’ Club will agree witft me in 
saving that we can learn many a valu¬ 
able lesson from such lowly creatures of 
our forest, .-o should pledge ourselves 
to protect our native fauna in every jios- 
sible way, and put down very firmly the 
cowardly cruelty that ottp poor dumb 
friends have to suffer from the wanton 
hands of thoughtless persons. When, 
we learn to study the wonderful life and 
habits of the lower creatures we can re¬ 
ciprocate the sentiments of the poetess — 
I wish you could have seen ttiem there:. 
It did my spirit good 
To see the small tilings Cod had made 
Thus eating in the wood. 
1 hope later on to forward a few more 
remarks on other little animals 1 had the 
pleasure of becoming acquainted with. 
( 'Samp-out of tfie Tasmanian ‘D'ield ffaturalists 
on fBruny Island. 
il5V OLIVE, E. LORD. 
It was decided to droid .the November 
camp of the clulli at Ford Bay, Bruny 
Js'lhml. This bay is ou itlie channel side 
of the island, a little to dive north- of the 
isthmus between North and South Bruny. 
A landing was ma le on iNilairdaiy. the 
lltli, and by the time daikness iha.l Milan 
the tents were pitched and everything 
Was ship-shape. Vfter tea (plans were 
discussed, and we then turned in to have 
a happy time-with the mosquitoes, which 
were very .plcntifull. Early on Sunday 
morning we wore ready to stunt. Some 
of tide party went to the Lagoons, others 
to Adventure Bay or Cape ‘Frederick 
Henry, etc. The hugeous .were situated 
admit: three miles irtwi our camp, tend 
consist of one large and niumsmus small' 
one-. Some distance from the lagoons, 
and over a sandhill, i- Adventure Bay. 
whore there is a very fine beach; hut, 
as there had not (been any rough weather 
for some time, few shells were found. 
Whilst walking along the lieacih two 
dead seals were noticed. Adventure Bay 
is terminated at the north by a heau- 
lan I. ami then (cliffs extend for ’miles, 
the most easterly point feeing citified 
Cape Frederick 11 envy. In these cliffs 
a cormorants' rookery was discovered, 
but adder several ail'U**m(pts it was con¬ 
sidered impossible !to get down to the 
neats .witboiiiit fotpes, so it was decided 
to wait till next day, when these (could, 
lie procured. Whilst watching the cor¬ 
morants 'a large sea-eagle was observed 
living along .the shore. tin the way 
hack to camp one of the party visited 
the sandhill-, and discovered a rookery 
of penguins. these birds having their 
nests in -burrows in tthe sandhills. (From 
the ears of one of the penguins same 
sum 91 ticks were obtained, both ears 
being quite tilled with them. On iMion- 
day .some of the party .vent dishing, and 
same went along the isthmus: but the 
caicif ever., was a visit paid ’bv some of 
of the members to the cormorants’ rook¬ 
ery. The cliffs at the rookery are perhaps 
•130ft. ii'igili, and arc .'airly easy no 
descend to within about- dOitft. of -the 
water, but after that they are practi¬ 
cably pcnpcndicular. Iftnndrcds of cior- 
iiiorands were observed on .their nests, 
which extend for a'hoult. a mile along the 
cliffs, and are built of pig-weed and 
grass on the bulges at the foot. The 
birds were the large pied cormorant— 
Bhalaipt'oeoirax lencuiga star—said evident¬ 
ly 'tlheir nesting season was a little 
cariier than the date of our arrival, as 
most of the nests h'ad young ones in 
them. After descending us far as pos¬ 
sible bv .-mv a! ding dawn the rocks, one 
of the painty was .'lowered to the rookery 
with .some ropes 'brought for thait .pur'- 
