56 THE AUSTRALIAN NATURALIST. 
‘or he would not have supposed that Goldsmith had borrowed 
the description of the ostrich from “Linneus” ; nor would he 
have needed to be told that the ostrich had only two toes on 
each foot. On the other hand, if the entry in the Journal was 
written as published, and not simply amplified for subsequent 
publication, then the expressions “some were of opinion that 
it was the emew . . . others imagined it to be the casso- 
wary” are of importanee, because they show that there was not 
complete agreement among those who examined the first emu 
in the flesh, in which case it would probably be Captain Tench 
and Dr. White who were not in accord. But on this point the 
evidence seems not quite conclusive, otherwise one would 
expect to find some evidence that the name cassowary had 
some prospect of gaining currency, even apart from any possible 
deference to Dr. Latham’s authority; and this is not forth- 
coming in either case. 
Hunter’s “Journal” also includes Captain P. G. King’s 
“Journal,” the greater portion of which relates to Norfolk 
Island. On his return to Port Jackson after two years’ absence, 
Captain King evidently found the word emu in current use, for 
he employs it four times (p. 413) without any allusion to the 
cassowary. Hunter’s “Journal” also contains three short refer- 
ences to the bird—‘‘A number of emu’s had been seen lately ” 
(Sept. 1791) . . . “An old emu was seen near Prospect 
Hill with some young ones . . . but it was a considerable 
time since an emu had been shot.” (p. 547.) 
The remaining work comprised in the “‘ Sydney Chronicles ”’ 
is the work of Lieutenant-Colonel Collins, Judge-Advocate, 
entitled, “ An Account of the English Colony in New South 
Wales,” of which Vol. I. was published in 1798, and Vol. II. in 
1802. For our present purpose, this work is most important. 
In Vol. L., which covers the period of colonial history ending 
September, 1796, there are five references to the emu, and the 
term cassowary is used only once :— 
“ March, 1788. The curiosity of the camp was. excited 
and gratified for a day or two by the sight of an emu, 
which was shot by the governor’s gamekiller. It was remark- 
able, by every stem having two feathers proceeding from it. 
Its height was 7 feet 2 inches, and the flesh was very well 
flavoured ”(p. 24). 
_“ Webruary, 1789. At Rose Hill . . . . two Emus, or 
Cassowaries, who must have been feeding in the neighbourhood, 
ran through the little camp” (p. 57). 
“ March, 1789. Towards the latter end of the month, two 
of the birds distinguished in the colony by the name of Emus 
were brought in by some of the people employed to shoot for 
the officers. The weight of each was seventy pounds” (p. 64). 
“September, 17¢9. At Rose Hill, where the corn promised 
well, an Emu had been killed, which stood seven feet high, was 
