The Meeker herald., 1892-09-03
AUSTRALIAN svreALoss.


Pew - tAs lahAAasssss Ksss es thsi
Eaisssoeo-
Although ! have b-cn over thir,S
seven Year, In Australia. says . writ.
In the brisbane Ncw-Z-aiass4ics. Il w.
not until eighteen months ago ihs.
was aware that there wss = bsvcd o
~sst :.ss!:.f ssf s - i6A1A Ses5SSl st ~ "a \
thr Inhabisansa Of osrenAlasad. Of even
half that number. asr swarc OF the fact
cursousiy enough. havc two sisuul'
,ancoa. inquiries about thcm-ooc frssr
rruf. Wallace. Of EdinbarRh. and III.
other from . gentleman In Michigan.
u. y. A. ! laid myself out In make full
inquiries on tho subiccs, AMI Il has oc'
Cured To rss that tho public will tr In
irrcss~<i 10 know the result Ar. IL u.
Purcell. who has srcn several os ihcm
In tho far north. and was Prvsrnt n tbs
death Of ouc. Ravc rar = minute srsrfip
ton Of them. which taliS~s exactly will
what learned from other souncCs- Nj
l.. Palmer. u. l.. A.. informs me thai
ono IL tho ISLANDS oa tho porthcrn coa.'
Il fully stocked with thrm. and isc!ai~'
bull, from the herd on ;sc maitland oc-
cassouaiiy Ind their way - far cssi ai
ono of his gulf stations, and thst srt'
,ral have reached Mr.. llsnn's Lswr
iIiii station. In DR.. Lrschhsf,its tour
nal Of hi. expedition from Morc'oa bay
10 Port E..ingtnu. In isas-S. hc rncn
tons that Mr. Roper and thc black
,.ya, Charley and Brown" rat
.lown and .ios onc thirty miles froG
ror, Es~ingson. and Uhat they ~crr sai'
To t,c numerous thrrr. and were calics
by the blacks "sn.sajrro." tcichhsrsi'
states that they "arc the offspring a
tho stock which hal either s'raycd frur
tho settlement at RAti3rs bay or hn,
been left behind when that establish
mcns was broken up. They wcsc orig
naily intrsiucci from tho Malls.
GLANDS. II was struck wit
The remarkable thickness Of thci
kin talinoet an inchl. and ~i,i
The solisii,y Of their houcs. which cor
ls,incd little marrow. but that It'll
was extremely savory." Mr.. Palmri
s,a,cs that the bull killed ON his r'u
weighed aimost . ton. was csircmcl.
broad and we'll developed in the for,
quarters, bot taprrine on In The hind
iiuartcrs-
next directed my inquiries 10 sh.
museum. and herr was most fortunsi.
in getting information from tho mas
above all Others In Queensland moe
competent to give it-namcly. Mr.. spalf
ing. the taxisicrmist Of the museum
Who spent many months in the center o
heir great haunt near Port Darwin
lIr. Spal,iing showed me the head ans
horns Of ono Of these buffaloes tina
made It's way eastward In the direction
Of Charters Towcvp, and was shot thcr,
.omc two ycars ago. The horns NJ,
most remarkable, hcinR square at tbs
butt and four inches thick. They riss
| In a scmi-circlc but incline backward
" that tho animals, when they charge
which they do fursously. have 10 put thsi
heads between their forclcgs. tn,
horns arr extremely coarsc. corrugated
and Of dirty brown color. Mr.. Spalti
ing corroborated Tie statements q
Mcssrs. Palmer and Purcell - to III,
buffalocs being very numeroSA-ii
many thousands-st Port Easington
i,af,ics bay and Melville Island. A ma,
has been engaged for . number Of year
shooting them and making hantlsotn'
income by selling the hides. On Accoun
Of tho extreme thickness Of hide they nc
sist an ordinary cartridge, and hcav,
icntlen bullets have 10 be used. The.
arc what arc familiarly known =
mud buffalo, having very little hal
on their bodies, which are Of dirt,
rctldish-brown color.
II may not be generally known tha
a number Of Timof ponies were intro
tiuccd at Port Eesington with the bufsa
iocs. These have also increased TO
large herd, aud Mr.. Spaldine describe
nrm a. exceedingly handsome ittl