'Hepoona Roo' [Greater glider] gp by James Carson

by James Carson

Almanacs were published yearly and contained a calendar as well as information regarding the phases of the moon and stars

View of the White Tower

Sir John Evans was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1864

'Hepoona Roo' [Greater glider] gp by James CarsonZoological study of the Greater glider (Petauroides volans) a possum native to Australia. Plate 61 from Journal of a voyage to New South Wales by John White (J. Debrett, London, 1790). The accompanying text states that: 'This animal is of the size of a small rabbit Between the fore and hind legs, on each side, is placed a doubling of the skin of the side, which, when the legs are extended laterally, is as it were pulled out, forming a broad lateral