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Kangnroos at Exeter 'Change. 



indeed, calls it good mutton; but lie acknow- 

 ledges it is not quite so delicate as what he has 

 sometimes seen in Leadenhall-market. 



These animals may now be considered as in 

 some degree naturalized in England; several 

 having been long kept in the royal domains at 

 Richmond, which, during their residence there, 

 have produced young, and apparently promise to 

 become a permanent acquisition to our country. 



There are at present (1806) a remarkably fine 

 pairof kanguroos in the exhibition rooms at Ex- 

 eter 'Change. They were brought over from 

 Port Jackson in New South Wales, and have 

 been in Mr. Pidcock's possession between six 

 and seven years. The male, when in an erect 

 posture, is upwards of six feet high, and is an 

 animal of prodigious strength. On visiting the 

 menagerie some months since, I saw this noble 

 quadruped wrestle with the keeper for the space 

 often or fifteen minutes, during which time he 

 evinced the utmost intrepidity and sagacity ; 

 turning in every direction to face his opponent, 

 carefully watching an opportunity to close with 

 him, and occasionally grasping him \\ith his fore 

 paws, while the right hind leg was employed in 

 kicking him upon the thigh and hip, with equal 

 force and rapidity. The struggle was indeed ob- 

 stinate, and the keeper acknowledged that the 

 animal was sometimes almost superior in point 

 of strength. When the contest was at an- end, 

 the kanguroo still continued to present himself 

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