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Vol. III p. 50 Capt. Low's History of Tennaserim (country said to extend from 8° 10' to 13° 30') inhabited elephants in numbers. - Rhinoceros; the ox - buffalo, bison, elk & deer - carnivora &c &c bears wolves - baboons opossums flying squirrels, wild sheep. wild hogs - bandicoots.

 

Vol VII. p. 373. M. Kolff states that the arru rabbit (a kind of Kangaroo) is found in the arru islds (namely Wamma Wokam, Mykor, Wadgia sits on hind legs - front feet very short three toes head like a weasel

[Reize door der weinig bekenden Zuidelyken Molukschen Archipel, door Lieut. D. H. Kolff, Jun. Amsterdam. 1828. Voyage through the Southern, or little known part of the Archipelago of the Moluccas, &c. Communicated by G. W. Earl. 1837. Journal of the Royal Geographic Society of London 7: 369-374.]

 

Vol do. p. 389 Lieut. Modera during his survey of S W Coast of New Guinea met with several species of Kangaroo, & Cassowaries were ascertained to exist there - - Alligators.

[Verhaal nan eene Reize naar en langs de zuid-vest kust van Nieuw Guinea, gedaan in 1828, door Z. M. Corvet Triton, en Z. M. Coloniale schooner de Iris, door J. Modera, Lieut. ter Zee, van de tweede Klasse. Haarlem, 1830.

Narrative of a voyage along the S.W. Coast of New Guinea in 1828, and communicated by G. Windsor Earl. 1837. Journal of the Royal Geographic Society of London 7: 383-395.]