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At
this
time
of
the
year
,
the
commencement
of
the
month
of
April
,
which
represents
the
month
of
October
,
in
this
hemisphere
,
that
is
,
the
beginning
of
autumn
,
they
were
still
in
full
leaf
.
They
consisted
principally
of
casuarinas
and
eucalypti
,
some
of
which
next
year
would
yield
a
sweet
manna
,
similar
to
the
manna
of
the
East
.
Clumps
of
Australian
cedars
rose
on
the
sloping
banks
,
which
were
also
covered
with
the
high
grass
called
"
tussac
"
in
New
Holland
;
but
the
cocoanut
,
so
abundant
in
the
archipelagoes
of
the
Pacific
,
seemed
to
be
wanting
in
the
island
,
the
latitude
,
doubtless
,
being
too
low
.
"
What
a
pity
!
"
said
Herbert
,
"
such
a
useful
tree
,
and
which
has
such
beautiful
nuts
!
"
As
to
the
birds
,
they
swarmed
among
the
scanty
branches
of
the
eucalypti
and
casuarinas
,
which
did
not
hinder
the
display
of
their
wings
.
Black
,
white
,
or
gray
cockatoos
,
paroquets
,
with
plumage
of
all
colors
,
kingfishers
of
a
sparkling
green
and
crowned
with
red
,
blue
lories
,
and
various
other
birds
appeared
on
all
sides
,
as
through
a
prism
,
fluttering
about
and
producing
a
deafening
clamor
.
Suddenly
,
a
strange
concert
of
discordant
voices
resounded
in
the
midst
of
a
thicket
.
The
settlers
heard
successively
the
song
of
birds
,
the
cry
of
quadrupeds
,
and
a
sort
of
clacking
which
they
might
have
believed
to
have
escaped
from
the
lips
of
a
native
.
Neb
and
Herbert
rushed
towards
the
bush
,
forgetting
even
the
most
elementary
principles
of
prudence
.
Happily
,
they
found
there
,
neither
a
formidable
wild
beast
nor
a
dangerous
native
,
but
merely
half
a
dozen
mocking
and
singing
birds
,
known
as
mountain
pheasants
.
A
few
skillful
blows
from
a
stick
soon
put
an
end
to
their
concert
,
and
procured
excellent
food
for
the
evening
's
dinner
.
Herbert
also
discovered
some
magnificent
pigeons
with
bronzed
wings
,
some
superbly
crested
,
others
draped
in
green
,
like
their
congeners
at
Port
-
Macquarie
;
but
it
was
impossible
to
reach
them
,
or
the
crows
and
magpies
which
flew
away
in
flocks
.
A
charge
of
small
shot
would
have
made
great
slaughter
among
these
birds
,
but
the
hunters
were
still
limited
to
sticks
and
stones
,
and
these
primitive
weapons
proved
very
insufficient
.
Their
insufficiency
was
still
more
clearly
shown
when
a
troop
of
quadrupeds
,
jumping
,
bounding
,
making
leaps
of
thirty
feet
,
regular
flying
mammiferae
,
fled
over
the
thickets
,
so
quickly
and
at
such
a
height
,
that
one
would
have
thought
that
they
passed
from
one
tree
to
another
like
squirrels
.
"
Kangaroos
!
"
cried
Herbert
.
"
Are
they
good
to
eat
?
"
asked
Pencroft
.
"
Stewed
,
"
replied
the
reporter
,
"
their
flesh
is
equal
to
the
best
venison
!
--
"
