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  2. THE DUCK-BILLED PLATYPUS.

    Another curiosity pertaining to the Australian fauna is the platypus, which is thus described by the "Old Bushman " :-" The duck-billed platypus, or water-mole, as it is called here, is found in the ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 571 words
  3. HURRICANE AT THE SOUTH SEA ISLANDS.

    Several terrific hurricanes passed over the islands of the South Pacific in March last, doing tremendous damage to the shipping, as also the settlements on shore. A Rarotonga correspondent gives the ...

    Article : 651 words
  4. DANCING GIRLS OF VICTORIA.

    One of the most fascinating of Oriental luxuries the performance of dancing girls—seems to have become quite a necessary to Victorian hostelries up the country. When something of this land was asserted a ...

    Article : 462 words
  5. STALKING THE EMU.

    The emu, the largest bird in Australia, is now seldom met with in the settled districts. It resembles the ostrich in appearance and habits, but is not nearly so large as that bird, and does not posess ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 425 words
  6. A DOMESTIC SCENE IN JAVA.

    This interesting group of Javanese is copied from a photograph which was taken by Messrs Woodbury and Page, of Batavia, and brought to our office by favor of Captain M'Alister, of the Glenshee. The ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 285 words
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