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22 In the present paper we shall not attempt to follow the author step by step in all his wanderings, nor to give even a résumé of his zoölogical studies. The reader will find in his book reliable and very readable accounts of the phascolarctos, the duckbill, the porcupine ant-eater, the bandicoot, the dasyure, the wombat, the various kinds of kangaroos and other marsupials, the bower bird, the bird of paradise, the cockatoo, the hornbill, and similar species remarkable for

 1 and 2, boomerangs; 3, stone hatchet; 4, wooden shield; 5, reed basket; 6 and 7, wooden clubs. (1–4, 6, 7, from Burnett; 5, from Cooktown.)

their strange forms and gorgeous feathers, and the multitude of gigantic lizards, death adders, and other venomous reptiles, and the huge but harmless python known as the carpet snake. There are also vivid descriptions of the natural scenery, as well as of the natural history of this marvelous land, in which the mammals lay eggs, the cuckoos resemble pheasants, the hoot of the owl sounds