Transactions and proceedings of the Royal Society of South Australia (Incorporated) . Fig. forsteri. Left hindlimb, young male. Island alone possesses the unenviable distinction?of having a rabbit population. These animals were turneddown many years ago, and for the most part they are black,or black and white in colour. It is a great pity that, withthe continent of Australia as an object lesson, these animalsshould be .tolerated on the island, which one day they willdoubtless overrun. Cuts. Cats were liberated many years ago on St. Francis a time th
Transactions and proceedings of the Royal Society of South Australia (Incorporated) . Fig. forsteri. Left hindlimb, young male. Island alone possesses the unenviable distinction?of having a rabbit population. These animals were turneddown many years ago, and for the most part they are black,or black and white in colour. It is a great pity that, withthe continent of Australia as an object lesson, these animalsshould be .tolerated on the island, which one day they willdoubtless overrun. Cuts. Cats were liberated many years ago on St. Francis a time they multiplied exceedingly, and have been respon-sible for the extermination of at least one interesting mar-supial species. Of late years they have been decreasing, andit is to be hoped that the stock is a dying one. 192 Seals and Sea-lions. There is no doubt the seals that inhabit the islands orSouth Australia are being mercilessly exterminated. A par-. Fig. 11. Arctocephalus forsteri. Left upper dental series of an adult. Natural size. tial, but unfortunately a purely nominal, protection is ex-tended to them; but the protection goes no further than 193 the words printed in the Act. Upon the islands where theya^re protected they are slaughtered as freely and asl)arbarously as they are upon the islands where the killing issanctioned by the law. As a matter of fact, the seals anywhereupon the islands are at the mercy of any scoundrel who caresfor the revolting brutality of their slaughter, and deems thegain of a few shillings sufficient reward for the labour involvedin flaying the carcass and preparing the pelt. Only onespecies has so far been seen on the islands. Arctocepkalus forsferi (Lesson). The large hair seal may still be met with on certainof the islands in considerable numbers, and, if no sealingparty has recently molested them, they exhibit a mostengaging tameness, evincing a strangely persistent curiosityin the coming and go
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