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. 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