182 KANGAROO DOGS. 



tails, with the addition of grease and red ochre ; 

 a tuft of beard ornamented his chin ; and the 

 colour of his hide was barely discernible, from 

 the layers of mud and charcoal covering it : 

 he wore a " spritsail yard" through his " apo- 

 logy for a nose ;" the opossum-skin cloak covered 

 his shoulders; and the " cumeel," or belt of 

 opossum-skin, girded the loins : the pipe was his 

 constant companion, as the love of tobacco 

 among those who have intercourse with Euro- 

 peans, is unbounded, and no more acceptable 

 present can be made them. 



At meal times it was curious to observe the 

 conduct of this interesting couple and the kan- 

 garoo dogs : it was evident that no good feeling 

 subsisted betwixt the parties : the dogs regarded 

 the former with an expression of anger, and the 

 opposite party looked both sulkily and anxiously 

 at the canine species ; — the dogs appeared instinc- 

 tively to fear that the human creatures would de- 

 vour every morsel of the food, and that they should 

 be minus their share ; whilst the latter seemed to 

 know, either by instinct or practical experience, 

 that large dogs bite tolerably hard when angry. 



Black and white cockatoos had lately become 

 very numerous about this part of the country : 

 the former appeared to have been attracted by 

 some trees that had been felled when clearing a 



