The sen-elepltdnt season at Macquarie Island already mentioned, opens early in August, and continues to they first week in November (writes the oorresnondent of the “Otago Daily l Times”). OF its merits .08 an oil-pro-tltmer we have but little information. The animals are as a rule plentiful, and sf» far as appearances have gone the forthcoming season is not likely to prove exceptional: There is an amphibian named the tiger there. The penguin party met with n'm* tlmm alive, so that.: their ideas on tlie-subject rtr<s to sf great extent conjectures. One or two skeletons;'- in a passably good state of preservation, were found, and on that basis they give the opinion that the tiger is about the same size- as the elephant. '}.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2498, 11 May 1909, Page 4
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123Page 4 Advertisements Column 3 Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2498, 11 May 1909, Page 4
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