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Some account of the quadruped called Wombat, in New South Wales.
This animal has hitherto been found in Furneaux Islands only. When the first that was brought to Port Jackson was shown to the natives all of them were ignorant of it but a mountain native He declared it to be an inhabitant of the blue mountains or that range of mountains which be immediately at the back of the settlement; and that there its name was Wom-bat. This name was applied to the newly discovered inhabitant of Furneaux Islands.
The Wombat is about the size of a turnspit dog; it is a squat, thick, shortlegged, and rather inactive quadruped with a appearance of great, stumpy strength. Its figure and movements, if they do not resemble those of the bear, at least remind one of that animal. All who have seen it have at first sight been sensible of this similarity.
Its length from the tip of the tail to the tip of the nose is 31 inches; of which its body is 23.5 inches, - its head 7 inches; - its tail only 5/10ths of an inch