KEW KANGAROO. 33? 



It measured as follows, just after it was killed: — 

 Length of body from tip of nose, 18 inches ; length 

 of tail from stump to tip, 19 inches ; weight 8^ 

 pounds. Its colour was a slate or light grey on 

 the back, and dirty yellow or light brown on the 

 belly ; extreme half of tail black, with hair ora- 

 dually increasing in length, from the centre to the 

 tip and terminating in a tuft. On the back of the 

 hind legs the hair is longer than on any other part 

 of the body. The nails on the hind feet were 

 short, covered with long hair, and did not project 

 over the pulpy part of the foot, which is well 

 cushioned and rough, giving a firm hold to 

 projecting rocks. The head was small, and sharp 

 towards the muzzle ; the ears were short and slightly 

 rounded, the eyes black, and the fore arms very short. 

 In this animal the pouch was very superficial. It 

 inhabits the most rugged summits, taking refuge 

 in the clefts of the rocks. 



June 30. — In the afternoon we left the anchor- 

 age we had been the first to occupy, and standing 

 out of the bay, were much struck by the rugged 

 outline Cape Upstart presents. The huge boulders 

 scattered over the crest of the hills, give it the 

 appearance of a vast mass of ruins, the clear 

 atmosphere bringing it out in bold relief against the 

 sky. We stood over N.W. for the opposite shore, 

 and closing to within three miles of the land changed 

 our course and ran along the singular low point 

 forming the coast-line to the N.W. of Cape Upstart; 



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