Logan Republican | 1903-04-14 | Page 2 | Origin of the Bunylp

H&m Origin of the Bunylp. HM In tho SO's, when tho gold fever was HP ' still high, a walrus cimo ashoro near BJ an Australian town; tho croaturo was BffiK captured and sold to an ontorprlslng HM - digger, who constructed a booth, put BJf tho walrus In It, and wroto over tho Bjf concern In llarlng lottcrs, "Tho Dun- Ht-. yip has arrived." Ths show was a WM , great financial success, but tho chango Hj of environment did not suit tho apu- Ht' ) rious bunylp. In two or throo days H I' In splto of a compulsory diet of fresh Hj j., fish, ho died, and tho body was sold BJ . to tho curator of tho local museum. K Mr. Stock suggests thnt this unfortu- BHF1 nnto walrus may liavo boon stuffed BK and labelled "Tho Uunylp." Certainly Hk ' ' tho popular Idea of the bunylp hns BEi . much In common with tho walrus, and BE?" many legends liavo grown up from less fljk likely beginnings.