Bush Wanderings of a Naturalist; or, notes on the field sports and fauna of Australia Felix. By an Old Bushman.

London, Cox and Wyman, 1861. 8vo. XVI,272 pp. Contemporary full blue calf, ruled in gilt, spine with raised bands attractively tooled in gilt and with red morocco label. Spine and covers scuffed with some minor loss, spine sunned, extremities and corners rubbed and bumped. Title page a little browned, with some occasional light marginal browning and soiling. With Sotheran's booksellers' label, an acquisition note by Gunnar Brusewitz dated 1991, and his bookplate. Ferguson Bibliography of Australia 18444. Wood An introduction to the literature of vertebrate zoology 624. First edition and an attractive copy. Horace William Wheelwright (1815-1865) was an English hunter, naturalist and writer. Drawn by the Victorian gold rush, Wheelwright migrated to Australia in 1852, and although unsuccessful at prospecting, he became a professional game shooter to supply the Melbourne market. The present work presents an account of his experiences and is an important source of information about the natural history of the area around Melbourne in the 1850s. Wheelwright left Australia in the later part of the 1850s and then spent some time in Sweden before returning to London.