 | James Bischoff - Tasmania - 1832 - 284 pages
...terrier. It frequents the wilds of Tasmania, and is scarcely heard of in the located districts. When sheep run in large flocks near the mountains, these...the hyena, and, generally speaking, is as large as a middle sized dog. The head resembles that of an otter in shape, but is out of proportion with the rest... | |
 | Edward Ellis Morris - Australian languages - 1898 - 568 pages
...under Cat) : described in the quotations. 1832. J. Bischoff, ' Van Diemen's Land,' vol. ii. p. 29 : "The devil, or as naturalists term it, Dasyurus ursinus, is very properly named." 1853. J. West, 'History of Tasmania,' vol. ip 323 : "The devil (Dasyurus ursinus, Geoff.), about the... | |
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The devil, or as naturalists term it, ' dasyurus ursinus/ is very properly named, if it is meant as a designation for the most forbidding and ugly of the animal creation. It is as great a destroyer of young lambs as the hyena, and, generally speaking,... 