NATURALISES CABINET. 



Mode of feeding. 



are stronger and more fierce than our grey- 

 hounds. 



The kanguroo generally feeds standing on its 

 four feet, in the manner of other quadrupeds. 

 It drinks hy lapping. In a state of captivity, it 

 has sometimes a trick of springing forwards and 

 kicking with its hind feet in a very forcible man- 

 ner ; during which action it seems to rest on the 

 base of its tail. 



A remarkable peculiarity in this animal is the 

 faculty which it has of separating to a consider- 

 able distance the two long fore teeth in the lower 

 jaw. This, however, is also observable in the 

 mtis maritimus, an an.imal of a distinct genus. 



The female has an abdominal pouch, similar 

 to that of the opossum, in which the young are 

 nursed and sheltered from danger. 



lu their native state these animals feed in 

 herds of thirty or forty together; and one is ge- 

 nerally observed to be stationed, apparently on 

 watch, at a distance from the rest. According 

 to Labillardiere, they seem to be nocturnal ani- 

 mals. They have the eye furnished with winking 

 membranes, situated at the interior angle, and 

 capable of being extended at- pleasure entirely 

 over the ball. They live in burrows which they 

 form in the ground. 



The flesh of the kanguroo is said to be coarse, 

 and such as .to be eaten rather froai want of other 

 food than as an article of luxury. Mr. Hunter, 



