Identifier: amongcannibalsac1889lumh (find matches)
Title: Among cannibals; an account of four years' travels in Australia and of camp life with the aborigines of Queensland;
Year: 1889 (1880s)
Authors: Lumholtz, Carl, 1851-1922 Anderson, Rasmus Björn, 1846-1936, tr
Subjects: Ethnology Natural history
Publisher: New York, C. Scribner's sons
Contributing Library: Boston Public Library
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NATIVE BEAR WITH ITS YOUNG. We did not think it worth while to shoot the sleepinganimal, but sent a little boy up in the tree to bring it down.He hit the bear on the head with a club and pushed it sothat it fell, taking care not to be scratched by its claws,which are long and powerful. The Australian bear is found in considerable numbersthroughout the eastern part of the continent, even withinthe tropical circle. I discovered a new kind of tape-wormwhich, strange to say, is found in this leaf-feeding animal. ^*
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^0 .J O o 2 D OPOSSUMS II One day our dog put up a kangaroo-rat, which fledto a hollow tree lying on the ground. When we examinedthe tree it was found to contain another animal also, namelyan opossum (IricJiosurus vulpecidd). It is one of the mostcommon mammals in Australia, and is of great service tothe natives, its flesh being eaten and its skin used for

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