A Kangaroo Hunt 



art of cookery, either roast, or boiled, or 

 braised, or potted, or stewed ; but it is 

 more especially to be recommended in the 

 form of soup. Kangaroo-tail soup is a sort 

 of glorified ox-tail that would tickle the 

 jaded palate of the veriest old epicure. 



Kangaroos make delightful pets. They 

 are very easily domesticated, and when 

 tamed are full of pretty, affectionate ways. 

 I knew of one, belonging to some Aus- 

 tralian ladies, which came regularly into 

 the drawing-room every afternoon to par- 

 take daintily of five-o'clock tea ; and of 

 another which got into the habit of ac- 

 companying its master in all his shoot- 

 ing expeditions, often covering twenty-five 

 or thirty miles of country in the course 

 of a day's sport. Although not especially 

 clever in the way of tricks, they are pos- 

 sessed of retentive memories, and are very 

 quick to recognize a friend or to resent an 

 injury. While preparing the illustrations 

 which accompany this article, I went fre- 

 quently to the Melbourne Royal Park, 

 where the magnificent collection of Mac- 

 ropidte afforded me peculiar facilities for 

 observing and sketching. 



In one of the paddocks there was a 

 splendid " old man," who seemed to me 

 to epitomize all the strange peculiarities 



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