StO WHITE KANGAROO. 



vantage in the sort of country over which their work 

 lies. A tolerable muster of red coats gave life and 

 animation to the scene, and forcibly reminded us of 

 a coverside at home. 



The hounds found a large kangaroo almost 

 immediately upon throwing off, and went away with 

 with him in good earnest. There was a burning 

 scent, and from the nature of the country, over 

 which we went for some distance without a check, 

 the riding was really desperate. The country was 

 thickly wooded, with open spaces here and there, 

 in which fallen trees lay half hidden by long grass. 

 Ridinor to the hounds was therefore as necessary as 

 dangerous, for once out of sight it was almost im- 

 possible to overtake or fall in with them. Most of 

 the field rode boldly and w^ell, yet I remarked one 

 or two casualties : early in the run, a gentleman 

 was swept off his horse by the projecting branch of 

 a tree, under which he was going at a reckless pace, 

 and another had his hat perforated immediately 

 above the crown of his head. Yet notwithstandins: 

 the annoyance of ferrying our horses across the 

 Derwent, we returned to Hobarton, verv much 

 pleased with the day's sport.* 



In a gentleman's house there, I saw for the 

 first time, a specimen of an Albino or white variety 



* In the first volume of the Tasmanian Journal, will be found 

 an animated description of Kangaroo hunting with these 

 hounds, by the Hon. H. Elliot, who mentions that on one 

 occasion a large kangaroo gave them a run of eighteen miles. 



