I have nevertheless had the good fortune to see what was never seen but once, in the country I am describing, by Europeans--a hatch, or flock, of young cassowaries with the old bird.

I counted ten, but others said there were twelve.

We came suddenly upon them, and they ran up a hill exactly like a flock of turkeys, but so fast that we could not get a shot at them.

The largest cassowary ever killed in the settlement, weighed ninety-four pounds.

Three young ones, which had been by accident separated from the dam, were once taken and presented to the governor.