From: Strange stories of the animal world: a book of curious contributions to natural history (1866) by John Timbs, frontispiece.
On the trail of the elusive “wholioby”!
The “wholioby” listed in the illustration’s caption is quite elusive! I assume it is a misspelling of “wallaby” but can find no other trace of the spelling “wholioby” anywhere. Google returns zero hits and the OED has no similar spellings in the entry for “wallaby.” It’s not even listed in the index of this particular book (nothing under wallaby either). If anyone has further info, please leave a note here or on Flickr!
