Punch, Volume 2, 1842.
Another parody, of the same original, appeared in Punch, December 16, 1848, describing the advantages of emigration to Australia:—
Know’st thou the land where the kangaroos bound,
And the queer looking ornithorhynci are found?
The land of the south, that lies under our feet,
Deficient in mouths, overburdened with meat,
Know’st thou that land, John Bull, my friend?
Thither, oh! thither, poor people should wend!
(Four verses omitted.)