The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1891-04-17
AUSTRALIAN suEEAln-.
Few of the Inhabitants know
ENisteugg ~

Few OF the Inhabitants Know ,,
Existence. ihss
Although J have been oye- o..
seven years in Australia. Says g.
in the brisbane New-Zealandrr :. 'T
not until eighteen months ;o,o :. ~"
was aware that there was br,.,,'
wild buffaloes in these colonies. -,
venture 10 say that not one per cen.
the inhabitants of Queensland o- o
half that number, are aware of ~
Curiously enough, | have two So.
tancous inquiries about them-oD.s-
Prof Wallace. Of Edinburgh. and
other from a gentleman In Nicb;.
L. =. \. ! laid myself out % NAL
inquiries on the subject. and il bs.
Cured To me that the public viii D..
tcrcstcd 10 know the result Nr H-
Purcell. who has seen several of ,t
in the far north. and was present n -
death Of one. gave me "A minuf. do.
ton Of them. which tallies exactIy,,L
what ] learned from other source, ,,-
T.. Palmer. VI. l.. A.. informs u, .,
one of the islands on The northern ,.-.
j. fully stocked with them. and i.,1....
bulls from the herd on the mainI-r7.
casiOnally find their way as far r..,
one Of his gulf stations, and tia. L.
eral have reached Mr.. Haun's I,..
lin station. In DIR. Leichhsr,lr'. s.-
nal Of his expedition from Morrtor
TO Port Essington, in ls+4-5. he r..
tions that Mr.. Roper and the bI-..
boys. Charley" and Brown.
down and shot one thirty miles fr-
Port Essington. and that they weres,-
To be numerous there, and were can.
by the blacks ''anaborro." I.eicbl,.a
states that they "are the offsprfur
the stock which had either straved a.
the settlement at Raffies bav or ~
been left behind when that estsfJas
ment was broken up. They were ori-
nally introduced from the MAJ.
islands. was struck yat
the remarkable thickness of ,l..
skin talmost an inch. and ,ga
the solidity of their bones. which c-
tanned little marrow, but that r-.
was extremely savorv." Mr.. Palm.
states that the bull killed on hi, r--
weighed almost ton, was cxtr-ue-
broad and wen developed in the Ion.
quarters, but tapering of in the hind
quarters.
next directed my inquiries 20 .f
museum. and here ] was most fortuna.
in getting information from the mar
above all others in Queensland mos
competent 10 give it-namely. Mr SDaF
ing. the taXidermist Of the museum
who spent many months in the ccutcrd
Mr. Spalding showed me the head and
horns of one of these bufTaloes Tia,
made its way eastward in the dircctr
of Charters Towers and was shot the-
some two wears ago. The horns tr
most remarkable. being square at 4.
butt and four inches thick. They ~
in a semi-circle but incline backward
50 that the animals, when they chare.
which they do furiously, have 20 put ther
heads between their forelegs Tn
horns are extremely coarse, corrugatei
and of dirty brown color. Mr. Spat
ing corroborated the statements O
Messrs. Palmer and Purcell us 10 ts
buffaloes being very numerous
many thousands-at Port Essingt0z
Rallies bay and Melville island. ml.
has been engaged for number OF year
shooting them and making a handsome
income by selling the hides On Sce1un
of the extreme thickness of hide they
sist an ordinary cartridge. and heiu
leaden bullets have 70 he used. The
are what are Familiarity known 5
mud buffalo. having very little has
on their bodies. Which are OF dirt
rcddish-brown color.
II may not be generally known ts.
number Of Timor ponies were iniy
duced at Port EssingtOn with the buff
loes. These have also increased % 0
large herd. and Mr.. Spalding descril1
them as exceedingly hundsome li,ts
animals.