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  2. SO THEY SAY.

    The natives of North-west Australla are superstitious and credulous, and I had a curious proof of this last characteristic. The squatter ...

    Article : 216 words
  3. Sea Serpents 40

    Without holding any brief for the sea serpent I have seen too many strange things come up in trawls and attached to deep-sea cables to be a ...

    Article : 256 words
  4. 'Possums as Pets

    Yes, D. I. S. H., I have had experi ence with opossums as pets. I have reared four—three to maturity. The fourth, when half grown, adopted a ...

    Article : 236 words
  5. One Hen One Egg

    I notice that none of the "So They Say," scribes who have written on mutton birds and their habits have mentioned the time of their laying ...

    Article : 349 words
  6. Why the Mistake?

    One of our handsome Northern butterflies. Charaxes Sempronius has a foolish habit. The female will lay her eggs on a poinciana tree, the leaf ...

    Article : 115 words
  7. Using the Discards

    A bushman I know managed to keep himself in tucker by selling articles that he made out of old motor inner tubes. His kit of tools consisted of a ...

    Article : 101 words
  8. "Moo Moo" Again

    Regarding the pars by "Possum." "Moo Moo," "Ringer," "Camper." and others: To suggest that the "moo moo" sound heard at night-time ...

    Article : 182 words
  9. Dangerous Spiders

    While digging a post hole recently some miles south of Townsville a man unearthed a spider which, he said, was venomous and whose bite would cause ...

    Article : 149 words
  10. An "Albino" Crow!

    Having read a lot about albino crows in The Queenslander I was interested when one day recently I saw one of them being chased by a flock of its ...

    Article : 245 words
  11. Hair Balls in Cattle

    "Old Westerner's" paragraph about the sand balls found in horses in the Birdsville district brings to mind the fact that on many occasions balls of ...

    Article : 106 words
  12. The Bush Girl

    M. E. G., in commenting on my par., asks how many bush girls would at tempt the skinning of a hare? Most of them, I should say, if the necessity ...

    Article : 216 words
  13. Scrub Turkeys' Nests

    Some of the huge scrub-turkey mounds to be seen in our northern jungles obviously have been in use for many years. One monster mound ...

    Article : 183 words
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    Advertising : 219 words
  15. Strange Lights

    One of the wierdest sights I re member from my cattle days was once when we were watching half a thousand head of longhorns up on the ...

    Article : 126 words
  16. BEN AND BILL

    YARDED FOR LIFE! ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 6 words
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