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VAN DIEMEN’S LAND.
WATcnoRN, W. Liverpool St. Hobart Town.
147 Tallow. The exhibitor claims to have been the firstto export tallow to England from the colony.
Denison, Sir W. T.
149 Loo-table top, dogwood (Bedfordia sp.') The dog-wood, or Bedfordia tree, is one of the ri chest-looking andmost beautiful fancy woods of Van Diemen’s Land. Itattains to a larger size on Maria Island than elsewhere. Inthe vicinity of Hobart Town it is a mere shrub.
150 Pedestal for the same.
151 Top of a sofa-table, inlaid with chess-board in the
middle. (
Rout, W.
152 Portmanteau. Made of colonial leather.
Gunn, W. Launceston.
153 Feathers of mutton-birds, or sooty petrel (Puffinusbrevicaudus). Much used for pillows, bolsters, and mat-
, tresses. From the almost inconceivable numbers in whichthis bird resorts to the islands in Bass’s Strait6, and the pro-fusion of feathers with which it is clothed, there is no dif-ficulty in obtaining the commodity in any quantity.
Rout, W. Elizabeth St. Hobart Town.
154 Small rope line. 155 Small lines of three sizes.
156 Best small rope of three sizes. 157 Cable-laid linesof three sizes. 158 Common lines of two sizes.
Marshall, — , Hobart Town.
159 Common riding-whip. Made entirely of colonialmaterial.
160 Gig and hunting-whip thongs, made of horse-hidedressed in Hobart Town.
Oakden, P. Launceston.
161 Wool, two fleeces, Leicester improved. The produceof sheep imported from the best flocks in England in 1837,and now forwarded to show the improvement in softnessand silky appearance, attributed to the superiority of cli-mate.
Hart, — , Ilobnrt Town.
162 Glue. 163 Neat’s foot oil. 164 Sheep’s trotter oil.
Hood, R. V.
165 Gold leaf. Manufactured from Californian gold,brought to Tasmania by colonial trading vessels.
166 Gold-beaters’ skin.
M‘Kenzie, Mrs. Blue Hills, Bothwell.
167, 170 Knitted gloves, made from opossum fur. Lady’scape of opossum fur.
Slieglitz, Mrs. Killymoon, Break-o’-day.
168 Gloves, made from opossum fur.
Tooth, E.
169,171 Gloves, made from opoBsum fur and lambB’ wool.
Button, T. Launceston.
172 Parchment.
Rout, W.
173 Brushes, one set of four.
Lipscoube, F.
174 Flax, dressed.
SlIARLAND, W.
175 Carriage-rug. Made of skins of the black opossum,ined with skins of the native cat.
Denison, Sir W. T.
176 Rug of various furs. Made of skins of the brush-kangaroo (Hatmaturus Bennettm), forest kangaroo (Macro-pus major ), black opossum (,Phalangesta futiyinosa ), nativecat (J)asyurus viverrinus), tiger-cat (D. macutatun), wellpreserved, and amongst them some specimens of great rarityand beauty.
Sharland, Mrs. George Town.
177 Book of pressed algae, collected by the exhibitor.
Davies, Archdeacon.
178 Rug of skins of black opossum (Phalangista fuiiginos#).
179 Rug of tanned skins of brush-kangaroo.
Milligan, J.
180 Carpenter’s bench-screw.
181 Three pairs of shoe-lasts.
Valentine, Dr. Campbeltown.
182 Organ-pipes of Huon pine, bored in the solid, withstops, &c. Two of these are bored in solid pine, and arefound to yield a softer and more mellow tone than thosemade of woods which are soft and spongy in the grain. Itis considered that, being free from joints and glue, the tubewill be less affected by atmospheric changes. The wood,too, of the Huon pine, is very durable, and, when properlyseasoned, it is little influenced by atmospheric agencies.This pipe is therefore not likely to be often out of tune.The small pipe has a stopper, which being removed, theoctave above will be produced. Mr. Valentine regards thestopped pipe as a novelty, and observes, u it gives a verysoft note, well adapted for the treble half of the stop-diapasonof a chamber-organ.” No. 3 is but to show how an openpipe of the usual construction may he tuned by means of *stopper, without injury to its size.
Ward, C. Collins St. Hobart Town.
183 Stockman’s ankle-boots, of colonial material.
Regan, —, Liverpool St. Hobart Town.
184 Nine dressed kangaroo skins, tanned with wattlebark.
Harper, —, Launceston.
185 Prepared groats.
Ward, C.
186 Blacking for shoes.
Rout, W.
187 Thvlacynus cyanocephalus: tanned skin with ha* ron. The hyena, or tiger of the colonists, which has becomevery scarce.
Denison, Sir W. T.
188 Omythorynchus paradoxus: six tanned skins. Theplatypus of colonists: the fine fur under the coat of km®nairs upon its back is said to be equal to the fur of beavefor hat-making.
Smith, M. C. T.
189 Sample of fine wool.
Dunn, —, Davey St.
190 Mylitta Australis, obtained on the Snug
North West Bay, D’Entrecatteaux Channel. Native breof Tasmania, grows under ground, like the truffle in England, and, like it, has a peculiar smell. Edible, hayi °formed, in a half-roasted state, a portion of the diet otaborigines. Has been tried with approval in souppuddings by Europeans. This specimen is unusually *having weighed 14& lbs. in 1846. , .
Lowes, T. Y.—191 Mylitta Australis, obtained at t* 1orchy seventeen years ago. . i fl jd
M‘Naugiiten, —192 Writing-desk, muskwood, inwith pine, blackwood, she-oak, and myrtle. 193 Drccase, or work-box, of the same materials. , __ , TnrC g
Milligan, J., Argyll St. Hobart Town.—194 B hcU
of shells, as worn by aborigines of Tasmania. J phasi-composing these necklaces seems closely allied ftn danilla. Ft is very abundant in the various ^ycl 1sinuosities. It possesses anacreous brilliant lust , t ),eis disclosed by the removal of the cuticle, a . n „ friction-aborigines effect by soaking in vinegar, an d, usin „ w j fi trivetVarious tints, black, blue, and green, are aftorwaros »
by boiling with tea, charcoal, fee. bla®^
Walker, Arm. Norfolk Plains—195 Plumbago,