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after a short chase overtaken and killed by the 

 dogs. It was a female of the common species,* 

 (the males of this species are called by the colo- 

 nists " foresters," the females " flyers.)" The 

 weight of the animal was seventy-six pounds, but 

 many have been killed in the neighbouring 

 ranges weighing two hundred and twenty pounds : 

 this specimen was conveyed to Been, where I 

 dissected it. 



We returned through a picturesque and fertile 

 country, watered by the Tumat river ; many of 

 the Grey cockatoos, with red crests, known by 

 the native name of " Gang, gang," were seen, 

 and a beautiful white hawk was quietly perched 

 upon the lofty dead trunk of a tree. The me- 

 thods employed by the natives to capture kan- 

 garoos, is either driving them into a river and 

 killing them with spears ; or on observing one 

 approaching, by remaining perfectly quiet, they 

 are mistaken by the animals for the charred 

 trunk of a tree, and fearlessly advancing, are 

 speared or killed by clubs. f 



. * I was informed that a white kangaroo had been seen ; it 

 was an Albino, with the usual pink eyes, and is extremely 

 rare. 



f A ludicrous instance of this mistake once occurred 

 (and it may be said there is scarcely an individual who 

 has travelled in the bush but has made a similar mistake 



