CHAPTER XII.
SOME SPECIMENS OF AUSTRALIAN FAUNA AND FLORA.
Marsupials—The 'Tasmanian Devil'—Dingoes—Kangaroo Hunting—The Lyre-Bird—Bower-Bird—The Giant Kingfisher—Emu Hunting—Snakes—The Shark—Alleged Monotony of Vegetation—Tropical Vegetation of Coast—The Giant Gum—The Rostrata—The Mallee Scrub—Flowers and Shrubs. pages [179]-[202]
Illustrations:
| Australian Tree-Ferns | [180] |
| Dingoes | [181] |
| The Sarcophilus or 'Tasmanian Devil' | [182] |
| Bass River Opossum | [183] |
| A Kangaroo Battue | [184] |
| The Platypus | [186] |
| The Lyre-Bird | [187] |
| The Giant Kingfisher, or Laughing Jackass | [189] |
| The Emu | [190] |
| The Tiger-Snake | [192] |
| Australian Trees | [195] |
| Silver-stem Eucalypts | [198] |
| The Bottle-Tree | [201] |
| Grass-Trees | [202] |
CHAPTER XIII.
THE SQUATTER AND THE SETTLER.
Present meaning of the word 'Squatter'—Cattle-raising—Capital has Confidence in Squatting Now—Origin of Merino Sheep-breeding—Management of a Run—Drought—Box-tree Clearings—Modern Enterprise—Sheep-Shearing—'Sundowners'—Farming Prospects—Cheap Land—Easy Harvesting—Small Capital—Selection Conditions—Bush Fires—Black Thursday—The Otway Disaster—Lost in the Bush—Missing Children. pages [203]-[219]
Illustrations:
| Driving Cattle | [203] |
| A Merino Sheep | [206] |
| Ring Barking | [209] |
| A Bush Welcome | [213] |
| Before and After the Fire | [216] |
| Found! | [218] |
| A Squatter's Station | [219] |
| Appendix | [220] |
| Index | [221] |