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which the kangaroo is found. I am certain there 

 could scarcely have been less than a hundred in a 

 herd. It was curious to observe them hopping 

 along over the grass or underneath the trees, with 

 the large males bringing up the rear of a certain 

 number of does. We had several very beautiful 

 courses, but the dogs being foot- sore were beaten on 

 all occasions. 



I was very much pleased with this portion of the 

 country : it quite resembles the park-like features 

 of Port Phillip, We heard the kangaroos thumping 

 the ground all night, as they hopped along round our 

 bivouac, the heavier fall of the male being plainly 

 distinguishable. It was now determined to shape a 

 southward course for Ungerup, one of Lady Spencer's 

 farms on the Hay River ; and after laying down our 

 position by a sort of dead reckoning I had kept to 

 find the course, we started. 



Soon after moving off. Lieutenant Warburton 

 discovered that he had forgotten to leave some 

 message or other at the station, and determined 

 on sending back his native servant. But as he 

 was out of the limits of his own tribe, it required 

 some persuasion to induce him to go ; and he was 

 only prevailed on to do so by being allowed to carry 

 his master's gun for protection. 



Part of our road lay through a thick mahogany 

 scrub ; and as the horse I rode was a young un- 

 broken one from the Cape, I might perhaps with less 

 trouble have tried to take an elephant straight with 



