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in quest of Prince Alberts Lyre-bird . 
morning, without an attack having been made. The dog, how¬ 
ever, rushed out once during the morning watch and got hold of a 
native Dingo, which he held until Davy with his “ nulla nulla " 
despatched him. The tail of the dog being considered a trophy, 
it was not long before Davy had it off and skinned and tied it 
round his head. This acted as a band to keep his hair up, and 
added at the same time to his formidable appearance. 
Morning came, and with it a beautiful day, for the sun shone 
on the Bald Hill with all its glory; and the horses were feeding 
within sight of the camp, close to a little spring that gushed out 
of a small basin in the side of the hill. Breakfast being over 
we again prepared for the road, having only ten miles to do 
this day; but it was a severe ten miles, the ranges being steeper 
than the day before. 
We expected to reach our camping-ground on the top of the 
Tanning Mountain by mid-day, but did not do so till past 2 p.m. 
The mountain had a table top covered with fine grass and 
studded over with a beautiful species of Palm-tree, called by the 
aborigines “ Tanning.” Its sides were covered with a dense 
brush, containing Cedars of gigantic size. Here we formed our 
permanent camp for our attack on the Calwin, or Menura alberti, 
close to a little torrent of water which ran down a rocky ravine 
on the west side of the mountain and lost itself in the dense 
jungle below. Having hobbled and bedded the horses, and 
stopped up the track by which we came up, to prevent them 
from straying homewards, we despatched Billy for a supply 
of game, and spent the remainder of the day in completing 
our camp. Davy made for himself a bark “ gungah,'' and as 
it had the appearance of rain, we built a bark shed over our 
kitchen fire. By the time we had completed our arrangements 
Billy returned with a supply of game, consisting of three Brush- 
turkeys, a Pademeleon, and tw r o pigeons, being an ample supply 
for supper and the morrow's breakfast. Before sunset we re¬ 
joiced to hear the cry of three Menuras in different directions, 
which proved to us that we were in the right spot for the de¬ 
struction of these most beautiful and curious birds. But to 
obtain their eggs and nest was the principal inducement to me 
for taking so much trouble, and it was only after nearly two 
months' hunting that I was rewarded by finding them. Day 
