as yet unknown to naturalists) species of small quadrupeds that every
where inhabit the wild bush and underwood of this island. Mr. Nicholas, of
the Clyde, accompanied by his servant, lately, in the course of half a
dozen evenings, and within the range of a moderate-sized field, killed no
less than 340 of these opussums in the immediate vicinity of his own house.

[The beneficial result of this surrender need not be explained. The lives
and properties of the settlers will now be secure, and the wild natives
become useful members of society. The passing of man from the opposite
states of barbarism and civilization is one of the most pathetic episodes
in the drama of human life. In the _Morning Herald_, where we find the
above extract from a recent _Hobart Town Courier_, it is pertinently
observed, "When we find one of those natives of Van Diemen's Land had lost
an arm which had been torn off in a trap, and that the wound was healed,
the question naturally suggests itself, after all that we have heard of
late about 'anatomical science,' what is the science of the wilderness
that performed such a cure?" We fear it will puzzle the heads of all the
colleges in Europe to solve this problem.]

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