The Boy Travellers in Australasia; Adventures of Two Youths in a Journey to the Sandwich, Marquesas, Society, Samoan, And Feejee Islands
The Boy Travellers in Australasia; Adventures of Two Youths in a Journey to the Sandwich, Marquesas, Society, Samoan, And Feejee Islands
Knox, Thomas Wallace, 1835-1896
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He said a drive wasn't a hunt, and I asked him to explain the difference, which he did. '' The necessity of killing off the kangaroos to prevent their utter destruction of all th^ grass in the country was forced upon the settlers by the rapid increase of the animals. The Government passed a law giving a bounty for the scalps of kangaroos ; and none too soon, as in some parts of the country the droves fairly blackened the plains for DINGOES, OR AUSTRALIAN WILD DOGS. many miles, and literally sta...rved the sheep out of the country. The bounty on the scalps, added to the value of the meat and skins, partly paid for the trouble, which required a muster of all the squatters and their employes for a considerable distance around. " A drive, or battue, is managed in this way : A yard with a high 424 THE BOY TRAVELLERS IN AUSTRALASIA. AUSTRALIAN WILD HORSES. fence is built in one of the scrubs on the plains, and from this yard two fences run out on the plain for a long distance, widening like the sides of the letter V.
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