A Kangaroo Hunt 



Germany. In the meantime it is to be 

 regretted that someone well acquainted 

 with the subject has not been inspired to 

 give us the result of his knowledge and 

 experience; and it is with the feeling that 

 this hiatus ought to be at least partially 

 iilled up, that I have been induced to add 

 my own mite to the intimate history of an 

 interesting animal which is fast disappear- 

 ing, and will before long exist no more in 

 a state of nature. 



For some time after arriving in Austra- 

 lia, I was almost in despair of being able 

 to gratify my ardent desires in the way of 

 kangaroo hunting. Indeed, the difficulty 

 and uncertainty of the quest seemed so 

 great that I had nearly relinquished all 

 hope of adding the great marsupial to my 

 sportsman's tally, and had regretfully con- 

 cluded to content myself with wallaby, 

 parrots, ducks, and the ubiquitous bunny, 

 when, by the merest chance, I stumbled 

 upon an exciting and quite successful kan- 

 garoo hunt. Before describing this little 

 experience, however, it will be necessary 

 to explain briefly a few of the peculiarities 

 of the queer quadruped in question ; for 

 the ways of the kangaroo are as the ways 

 of no other animal upon the face of the 



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