208 THE KANGAROOS. 



The above description is taken from the original 

 specimen described by Mr. Bennett. A second speci- 

 men^ which lived some time in the Zoological Society's 

 Menagerie, agrees very nearly with the first in all its 

 dimensions. 



The specimen from which Mr. Bennett drew up his 

 account, was brought from New South Wales by Cap- 

 tain Sir Edward W. Parry, R.N., and presented to the 

 Zoological Society. Sir Edward Parry states, that the 

 animal " was obtained at Stroud, near Port Stephens, 

 in the latitude of about 30 South. It was caught 

 by the natives, by whom it is called Wottaroo; having 

 been thrown out of its mother's pouch when the latter 

 was hunted. At that time it was somewhat less than 

 a rabbit ; but having continued in the possession of 

 Sir Edward Parry for more than two years in New 

 South Wales, besides six months on the passage to 

 England, it may be considered as full grown. It was 

 never kept in confinement until it was embarked for 

 England, but lived in the kitchen, and ran about the 

 house and grounds like a dog, going out every night 

 after dark into ' the bush,' (or forest) to feed, and 

 usually returned to its friend the man cook, in whose 

 bed it slept, about two o'clock in the morning. Be- 

 sides what it might obtain in these excursions, it 

 ate meat, bread, vegetables, in short, every thing 

 given to it by the cook, with whom it was extremely 

 tame, but would allow nobody else to take liberties 

 with it. It expressed its anger when very closely 

 approached by others, by a sort of half grunting, half 

 hissing, very discordant sound, which appeared to 



