Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-08-18

in an open grooved tooth instead OF a
tubed fang, so that when snake bites
through clothing Of any kind, and espe-
cially woollens, great deal Of it Is thus
absorbed.
The tiger snake, which rarely reaches
length Of five feet, though It is very
thick in proportion to It's length, is
marked in successive bands of brown and
pale yellow, the brown snake (six feet
is bronze colored, the black and the cop
pcrhead, though distinct species. much
alike in color, black on the back, YER
million on the lower sides.
A census of snake bites extending
over many years in the State of New
South Wales, shows that 45 per cent of
PEOPLE bitten by tiger snakes died,
while with the brown snake the mortality
was reduced to is per cent. and the COP
pcrhead II per cent Although the stock
man of inland Australia will assure you
solemnly that the black snake admitted
~ the largest and ugliest of them all, is
the most deadly, the fact is that in
eighty seven cases of snakebite from
this species not a single death occurred
More deadly even than the tiger is the
smaller death adder, with a mortality of
20 per cent, but it is fortunately so
AdAV THAT very lew people nave DeeU
bitten.
The big lizard Of AustraIia-caned the
iguana In town and "gOanna" in the
bush-is better known perhaps than any
thing else in their world Of reptiles. be-
cause 1t is found all over the continent
1t is true lizard a flesh eater living
and hunting good deal on the ground,
but climbing the high trees for shelter
1t climbs as fast as 1t runs, keeping the
tree trunk between itself and a possible
enemy.
The big lizards have some reputation as
snake-k killers. and the sheepmen regard
them ) friends, because they Kill so
many young rabbits and other pests but
they destroy as we'll the young Of many
yarities Of cockatoO which nest in the
hollow limbs OF high eucalyptus.
"GOANNA" LAYS
ABOUT II EGGS.
The 'goanna' is oviparous. laying
about a dozen egCs-as large az ducks
egg--in a hole burrowed out at the foot
OF an old tree stump. where they are
Matched by the heat Of the sun The
Australian stOckman has a firm belief
in "goanna-ou." obtained from two mas
se5 Of yellow butterlike fat, as a better
cure for rheumatism or lumbago than
anything which the patent medicine man
can sell him, on the strength Of Henry
Walkers affirmation that It "cured me
when all the doctors done me no good"
Australia IS not big game country in
anything Ike the same sense as North
America or Africa, though Of smaller
game, such Is water fowl-and especially
duck and quatl--it has q fine supply. as
told in last weeks article. The Austral-
ian has tried to supply his needs as a
hunter by introducing game such red
deer and fall0w deer from Great Britain.
sambur and hog deer from India. In the
north there are imme1s Sc herds OF Asiatic
buffalo hunted for proGt rather than
sport
New Zealand has tried to establish
some American deer. the moose among
them, but IN Australia they get most
Of their hunting and shooting from rab-
bits, hares and foxes which, given q
first footing, have, with the habits Of the
race, inherited the earth.
I have seen 1000 rabbits poisoned on
one farm on one night
Last year when fox fur was in demand
trsppers on the western sheep runs.
using motor car to lay the bats and
pick up the game, frequently accounted
for fifty foxes on one ten-mile run.
Inc OuSh DOF or AuStralla ana the
prairie boy OF America are twin brothers
IN their love for gun and for game. and
the Australian depends mainly on just
four things-rabbits and hHres. duck and
quail These are I'm abundance.
In fish administration the Australians
have made some successes and several
serious mistakes. The mountain streams
of southeast Australia aud Tasmania are
well stocked with introduced European
brown trout and American rainbow.
which have done wonderfully we'll, the
big fish ranging up 20 ten and twelve
pounds about the river mouths. though
In the head waters six pounds is con-
sidered q good trout
In the big game fishes Of the sea their
nearest approach 10 our Florida Bay or
Santa Catalina sport, IS with the mulla-
way or king FISH, ranging MP TO City or
seventy pounds but the Australian angler
IS more Interested I'm his sea snapper, n
fine red Dream running up 20 thirty
pounds In weight and one If the hno3t
table Gsh in existence. the sea whiting,
2 very delicate fish, colorcd much Ike
y fresh water trout. and tn" pike. n sur
face ranging sea FISH caught by trolling
from a boat
Australla's inland streams. such tho
Murray and It's feeders, were originally
stocked with some great fish the Murray
cod q giant bass running from twenty
to ono hundred pounds I'm weight. the
golden perch. another beautiful FISH, aud