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'iflb LbAUbK.*cdUnder daleMr. Freeman’* challenge, on. 8ih February, be writee u follow* to tor (hU nil tor of the New York Tvrf, 3fWrf andto play a matt -coclow 50 dot tw pare* at a time art idee |i hereafter afreod upon In the art idee Klt;v.ernln* match. I do not »i*h to play before tbs let ay next I «ugw*t that the j»mw be mado up Uoe. :-14 to be forwod by each pUyiue the pmlble 7 ujotos that can be node with the t men• 14 by each making crery possible flr-t ror to n to 16, and the other game* to lie drawn all the ojx-nWa The namee of the gam** to laved -hall each be placed on a separate card, chew cards be plaosd In a bag and ahaheu^ up.player toto open aof opening the iafter settling by lot the prlvl-r*t game of the match.1’PROBLEMS.SOLUTION OF PROBLEM No 361 (See diagram above.)26 — 30 15 - 210 .. 14 9 - 13 5 .. 11 3 - 171 .. 7 7-212 .. 27 1 - 257 .. a'» .. 630-26*6—926 — 31 *9 .. 1331-24 13 .. 17 N — 1922- 7k 17 .. 14 19 — 22 2* .. 19 26 — 30 19 .. 2314 .. 1717 .. a 89—25 23 .. 18 25-291825 White wtua.Lunox of mb. wrmrs position.(See a bote)6 — 14 23 _ 10 19 .. 1510 » 26 22 - 26 12 - 1913 — 17 20 .. 16 15 .. 24» 23 a - 31 White win*.17 — 22I 149 - a0 .. 141 - 24 * .. 9THE RIDDLER.NEW QUESTIONS AND PUZZLES.60.— ARiniMETirai. QrE»Tio*«, by I1.M.C.S, rate of working la to B'» a* « is to i; B * to• 1 u to —: and C* to D*a ax ft* to —. 'If A 6 7lo a pi ce of work alone In 420 boar, how lone It ^ take A. B. C and D to do it working to-4761.—Cn»H*0P, by F.E A fast fling* high lu liter *pmy,retting the•raiuni cheek ; d a* he itande on the deck alone, li« slr-.ng brave heart grow. w,ak.*k—not with fear—but with tender thought*, k» the light* on iny next grow dim : know* there are Ultlo haiul* folded In prarer, Lnd true heart* yearning fur him.irn break—the water* are golden with light;Vbllrt on my uAotr (here t ■oumd watching that diUaat thin. *iut eager outstretched hand*.•762—Hah1 Mitrau. by George. 1. One partly divine2 EK^b'kor«'*r34. Something ponkularly specified 6 An Idol6. A conjunction7. 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A little Inland 2 Tu break In piece*3. An ancient Unguiga4. I'll dl«plt;uSCH.6. Mutable liabUalum*.THE NATURALIST.THE DOC-HEADED OPOSSUM.vtialia. Van Dieinan'* Lam! or Ta*mani». *e may any New Guinea alio, po*ac*a a latiun of mammal. whose character* are eo cd that it may be aaaertod that all the*c rics once fanned a rut continent which or a long time bean acparatod from the region* of the globe. The mammaU of lout hern, and now dumarobered, continent g. In feet, to other categoric* than tbont mammal* of Europe. They oorretpond e orde«—or, Utter, to the *ub-«Ua»—of (tremata, com pining the ant eater* and bill., whore analogue, might U .ought i rain lo other oountrire, or to the order of uplalia, which at5!! eomprisre, It lg true, a iprcMotativc* infth. new world, but whiob, the tertiary period, ha* boeom. completely rn to Europe.tboot being ae odd a. th. MonoMata. i have retained ccrUln trait, of th. reptile, bird, lo their .tructuro and mod. of optnant, th. Mareupialia yrt present onogo character which .tamp, their c.gaolsa-,th lh. real of infeitonly. Thatr young kw iaraob aetata of feeble ore. that theyorgan ire-ihwy1 infallibly U condemned to perlah bad •turn taken care to protect them daring uIr Mfiod of their exlrtcnee br ofTartu.of the great oblique muscle* in*crted on th. pelvis. During th. entire period of nutria? it hold* the young In immediate and continual contact with their mother, and, later oo, rervc* them a* • place of refuge when danger threaten* them. This, however, i* not tbo only peculiarity of organisation that the marsupial* exhibit, for dlrtinntivo sign* might •Ire be eaaily found in the conformation of the foot, in the development of the clavicle, and in th. arrangement of tho lower jaw. On the contrary, the brain, tbo dentition and the digiHtivoarparatu* ilo not furnish good characters, fot they are not constructed upon a uniform type. Indeed, in the marenpuU, they exhibit r.ri*-tiona analogous to tho*. observed in ordinary mammal*, and that are in direct relation withat the extremity. Tho head is of a palo shade, hut a dark line extend* on each side throngli the eye, at the angle of which thore b a tawny and the muulo la of a dark color, with alittle white on the edge of th. upper lil*. The jattor is provided with long mustache*, and. aain the dog, a few halra are Implanted In th.(atcheek* and over the eyes^ which latter are larg. and have a dark che*tunt brown halLTo complete thU description, let n* ray further that In the thylaeme* tho marsupialthe degree of Intelligence, nature and habita Thu*, while In the giant kangaroo the cerebral hemisphere* arc vohimiiunt* and contain many folds, in the raroophiie, which belong, to (be same order, the encephala, is greatly reduoed and the brain entirely smooth ; and, while the same kangaroo resemble* tho tanir in the form of it* molar teeth, the womfmt recall* the] rodent. In It. jaw*, deprived of canines, but ' pa—Ing strong incisor*.The difference* are no leu strikiug in the ex- | ternal form and iu the proportions of the various ( parts of the body, and it is |*t*iiiv.ly nccesaary ' to examine cloeely in order to discover the bonds of parentage batwoon tlio litile potaoriito. and the bolide^ which have tho bu.hr tail of tb. M]nlrvel and the alar membrane* of a polatouche, and the great kangaroo whore pyramidal body rests uion a sort ol tripod formed of a ino»-i«e tail and hind leg* two or three time, larger than the fore leg*.character ia scarcely ’indicated, the bone* designed to support the ventral pouch being rudimentary. It is not astonishing, then, that the first colonist* took these animals fur genuine wolves, and the leu so in that, although tho proportions differ, the sixo Is about the same in the two animals. This explains why the common name tcbra wolf was given to the thylnrine concurrently with the name, tiger.hyonn, re bra and dog beaded oposaum.The thylacinoi hunt the kangaroo* and handi-So great is th. diversity that wo find amongtedthe marsupials that one might even bo tempt to establish a system of jmrallel classifications for thesa animal* and tbo ordinary mammal*. But one would vory quickly find himself arrc*ted by • eerialn number of important gaps, for, among tbc present marsupial*, there exist no types comparable to tho Itats, seal*, elephants, hone*, Ac. On the contrary, it i« certain that tho kangaroo*, now to common In roologlcalcootx. and also attack the echidna*, which they auceood in riranglins and devouring despite the spines that constitute the defensive armor of those singular mammal*. It Is eTen aracrted that formally, while they were as yet wandering upon the sea shore, they fed greedily upon the rornain* of seals, decayed fish and mollusc* cart up by tho wave*, but the settling of Kurepean colonist* In Tasmania furnished the Indigenous carnivora with a more succulent food. In fact, the nloniats introduced domestic animal* upon the i.land and dovoted themaelve* to the raising of cattle and poultry upon a large scale, «o that the thylacines earili found the wherewithal to satisfy their sanguinary appetites, and so much the more easily iu that in their quality of nocturnal sniinshi they could nroSt by the darkness to slaughter sheep in the folds and fowl in the poultry yards. In order to defend their property •gainst »ueh terrible enemies, the fanner* had to display all their vigilance and energy, and it woe not without great trouble that they *uo-ceeded ia dririrg the animal* to tho mountains. It was espochilly by sotting trup» for them that sucre—■ win obtained in arresting their multi* plication, foi although tho thylnclnos dare notCturns, bavi- exactly tire nature iof our her-vom. that tor phaacoloiike* (wombats) may bo coin|*icd to our marmoM, whoie bulky foitn. massive Lead, and digging habits they possess, while the dasyuios, anrvophile* and thylaoirioa, which la TasiuAna and Australia play the part of our osinivora, srorn lo liave (anrowed thoS.it and oveu tho color of some of these auiinala. ue (Loyuii*. for exanqde, lavs tbo stature,pointed uu«r, and i|oU»d fur of thsgrncts, and, like them. fe«d upon small mammal^ bir.1* andinsects, whkJi th-y aaptuie afrer sun.et. As regard* oxtrinal form and iaIui., there are the ■auie rraeiiiblaucvs between the wolves of our country and tlie tbylacines of Tasmania, to which we propose ir.uic eipccially to call tbc attention of our readaxa.The tbylacinN, of which we know but a single *p«CA* (myiaeiiuj ryrutrrmkdfut), ar. found, at the present cpooh, probably confined to Van Diamcn’s Land, wbore they are destined to be estarnnnated in a near future, as the wolves have bean in England. Afrer having bean di.-trfbutad over the so tire oountry. they haro gradually been driven into th. interior by tb. colonist*, whose hanls they decimated, and bav. been obliged to seek a tefug. uimo mountains of from 3000 to 4500 feet altitude, in regions where snow falls during a part of the year. It la hera that it waa necessary to look for the thyla cine* that were taken to London “ving Ithe Garden of Plants in Paris.Iranhave exactly the physiognomy of tha wolf in their aoataal head, oiaot ran, and elongated snoot truncated at tha ciiremiiy. They have also tha formidable dentition of the wolf, the aumcreus Incisors and tha sharp molars, although tha latUr da not offer tha same proportions. Tha body la more slender and site lewes on the legs, and the tail U much more Uparing. more woolly and oolored aaUrely differently. Tha eaat of tha tbyUcinaa, la fart, is of a brownish which the bodabout 18S0 andAs maybe judged faithful portraits, tire tbjdacmas14/t smw VI SMS li/llHUM! HI IP»V,arownkh grey, variagatad with yellow, ecomes Ugfatar toward tha lower parts of v. and which nnon the loins is croaredattack mrn, tliey .how a bvld front to the dog, which hesitates to attack them, anlt;l which retires from tiic conto.t defeated and critqiled.Up to tho present, the thylaciuM havo not bred in oaidivity, either in Franoe or nnguiiid. Thore in the Gnidon of Plants ..cm to have bo-oome accustomed to the lues of tbeir liloa-ty, and do not exhibit any mors ferocity thau cl.i many other carnivora, and, a* in their native country, they |H«fer to remain hiddvu during a portion of the ilny.We have said nhove that the thyUcino was probably confined to Tasmania. The thst wa weconfined to i a* man a. T he renson re not more affirmative was that wo icmtir.bcrcd that on two ocraoion* tho Zoological Society of lomdon ha* received information that tends to make us believe in the existence in Australia of a carnivorous marsupial more or Ires analogous, if not identical, with the tbylacine. In a letter addroreed to Mr. Be later, Mr. B. 0. fchoridan. 0f Cardwell.... wrererai, wreee ar. re, LHiwMUn^ VI VUHlTffU(Queensland), *Ute*. in fact, that his ion. a boy of 13, who waa accmtnroed to run tb# woodslike an old huntei, wa* out ono day panied by a small terrier, when Ia saw Che atter obtain a soent and follow it up with Uuxrrnrsa Curious to know whst game he hod to do with, the boy ran after hi* d**, and found himself fsee to fare with an animal of tho *1*. I of a dingo dog. with a round bead like that of a cat, with a loug tall, and with a body striped with yellow and black, and whioli wa* crouching la the high gra*. at about a mil. from the coast Tbs dog and the aa*age hes.t eoon grapidej, and the boy. in order to aid bis com-pankoo. tried to kill the enemy with a pistol shot, but having merely succeeded In wounding and rendering it more furious, ha judged it dnrito beat a retreat. An animal of thetherein# dlrtrkot, and trace* observed on several oocuioua Mr. Hull, having been called by his I to the north of Cardwell, was in th*. stpru-haveTh-u Inlittle rest la his test. whre. in tie ■ullne-s’of the nkht, ha Uni the barking of an unknown anlmaL Us at once ttartud nut aitK ki. ...»
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Orange, New South Wales, AU
Sat, Apr 26, 1890
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