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the tail long, and its legs very short. Between 

 the fore and hind legs, on the side is a skin, 

 which on the extension of the legs form a 

 broad wing; but when the legs are used in 

 walking, it draws close up to the side of the 

 animal, thus resembling the flying squirrel. On 

 each fore foot it has five toes, with sharp nails, 

 and on the hind toes it has the same number ; 

 but one may be termed rather a thumb, as it 

 has a broad nail like a monkey. The foot is 

 well calculated for holding the animal in a sus- 

 pended state; the hair is thick and long on 

 the back, and of a brown-grey colour. 



THE KANGAROO. 



This animal appears the most important in 

 the country; its size is considerable, and it 

 supplies both food and clothing, if an apron 

 may be so called, to the inhabitants. 



It has a small head, neck, and shoulders, and 

 the body increases in thicknefs to the rump, 

 from whence it again tapers to the tail. The 

 head is oblong, and in form like trratf of a 

 fawn, the upper lip being divided. The nos- 

 trils are wide and open, and the lower jaw is 

 I somewhat shorter than the upper. 



The pupil of the eyes is of a blueish black, 

 and the irides are dusky. The ears are erect, 

 ovated, and thin at the ends. 



The hair of the Kangaroo is of a greyish 

 brown colour, somewhat similar to the English 

 wild rabbit. It is thick and long, when the 



