'Wha-Tapoua Roo' [Common brushtail possum] Finish:Rolled 'A Merry Christmas & a

'A Merry Christmas & a Happy New Year in London'

to whom Sam House is holding up a tankard

whilst in front of them a fifer

horses and carriages in Threadneedle Street

'Wha-Tapoua Roo' [Common brushtail possum] Finish:Rolled 'A Merry Christmas & aZoological study of the Common Brushtail Possum (Trichosurus vulpecula), the Australian marsupial, shown in an arboreal setting. Plate 56 from Journal of a voyage to New South Wales by John White (J. Debrett, London, 1790). The accompanying text states that: 'This animal is about the size of a Racoon, is of a dark grey colour on the back, rather lighter on the sides, which terminates in a rich brown on the belly.' The plate is inscribed: 'Mortimer