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`The Argus,' April 8, p. Leichhardt, `Overland Expedition,' p. Cassell's `Picturesque Australasia, vol. Howitt, `Two Years in Victoria,' vol.

In 1814, RobertBrown the Botanist speaks of Terra Australis, not of Australia. ) includes animalsabout the size of a large rat; according to Gould, althoughthey stand much on their hind-legs they run in a to --Australian-- Eragrostis brownii, Nees. those ofan emu, on the very smallest scale, even to the peculiarity oftwo feathers growing out of the same little quill.