A Kangaroo "Dip." 



case he is a queer bird ; and another of 

 his peculiarities is the fact that his spirits 

 seem to be very much affected by a low 

 barometrical pressure, for he is invariably 

 silent in the rain. So in this particular 

 we were again singularly favored by the 

 stormy weather. 



We had proceeded only a few hundred 

 yards through the forest in making our 

 detour, when we came upon a hard and 

 well-beaten path with abundant kanga- 

 roo signs lying all about it. We had evi- 



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