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Quadrupeds lately publiflied. In all this vali land there does not 

 appear a fingle fpecies of hoofed animal; none of the ape Kind, 

 and very few genera of quadrupeds have been hitherto difco- 

 vered in any one part. 



The New Holland Dog, Hi/l. ^adr. i. N° 158. Phillip, Botany Dog. 

 Bay, 274. tab. 45. White'' s 280. tab. 57. is a genuine fpecies. The 

 natives are too favagc tliemfelves to reclaim any animal into a 

 ftate of domefticity. 



The genus of Opojfum furniflies more fpecies than any other Opossum:. 

 found in this country, and fome of them of moft fingular and 

 wonderful kinds. The firft I mention is related to the Pba- 

 langer Opojfmn, N° 226. ' I refer here to Hazvkfwortb, iii. 586. and 

 to the print of the male, tab. 8. p. 108. of vol. ii. of Mr. Coo/^'s 

 laft Voyage. It is found in Fan Diemens Land, and again about 

 Endeavour river. 



The Vulpine OpoJJum found near Port Jack/on, N" 224. Phil- 

 lip, 150. tab. 16. White, 278. tab. 56. 



Of the very eccentric fpecies, the Kangaroo, I have to mention ; Kangaroo, 



^ THE GIGANTIC. 



firft, the gigantic kind defcribed in the Hijl, ^cad. N° 229. To 

 what I colled;ed from voyagers, I have been able to add confider- 

 ably from the fight of the living animal flievvn in London in the 

 fpring of 1792; poffibly the figure in Hijl. ^lad. tab. Ixiv. corre6ted 

 from the living fubjedt, may be as accurate as any yet given. 



The /potted is an elegant fpecies defcribed in HiJl. ^md, 

 N° 231. Phillip, 147. tab 15. The color is black, blotched with 

 white; the tail bufhy. 



The fpecies called by the hiftorian of New Holland the Kan- 

 garoo rat, p. 277. tab. 47. or Hiji. Sluad. N° 230. is a lefiTer fpecies, 

 with the habit of the gigantic. 



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