THE LATE RIVER ACCIDENT.
Sir,—As Mr Moon's horses drifted past Ngarnawabia on Saturday last wo saw what appeared to be a man sitting on on? of them. Naturally coacladiag that he mast be a' special reporter ot the ' Evening Star,' we pulled off to his rescue. On near approach, the thing turned out to be a black vulture or carrion crow (oathartes atratns) waiting to perform the duty that nature ; has assigned to him,. Can you inform me whether any. of these birds were im ported by the Acclimatisation Society ?■■— I am, &c, Enquirer. [Perhaps it was a ' Bt»r' carrier pigeon that our .correspondent -mistook- for a black vulture,-rjED. W.T.] <
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Waikato Times, Volume XII, Issue 1007, 5 December 1878, Page 2
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110THE LATE RIVER ACCIDENT. Waikato Times, Volume XII, Issue 1007, 5 December 1878, Page 2
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