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BEAKS AND KANGAROOS. 



and they cnrow it with the skill he shows. Sometimes they surround a herd of the 

 animals, drive them together, and then make a rush upon them with clubs and 

 spears. But the right way is to hunt on horseback, with trained dogs, in regular 

 fox-hunt style. 



" It happened that I was alone, when my two hounds started a large male, which 

 went bounding over the grassy plain with amazing speed. His course led toward 



THE DUCK-BILL OR ORNITHORHYNCHUS. 



a stretch of open woods, where he was so hindered that the dogs caught up with 

 him. What did the animal then do but turn at bay on the edge of a large stream, 

 seize the first dog that came within reach, and, pushing him under the water, hold 

 him there till he was drowned ? 



" Flinging him aside, he then jumped for the other, which kept out of his way 

 for awhile. The dog might have dodged the kangaroo altogether, but he was too 

 plucky for his own good, and, leaping at the throat of the game, was caught, liks 



