These were koalas, specimens of which the settlers had already seen to the north of the lake, and which stupidly allowed themselves to be killed among the thick branches of the trees in which they took refuge.
C'étaient des koulas, dont les colons avaient déjà vu un échantillon au nord du lac, qui se laissèrent tuer stupidement entre les grosses branches des arbres sur lesquels ils avaient cherché refuge.