322 FOUR KANGAROOS KILLED. [CH. VIII. 



object ; but there sat down, and made their fires. Only two 

 came up next morning, again pointing to their stomachs ; 

 but I knew from experience, that to feed them Avas to retain 

 them permanently in our camp, and noAv I did not want them, 

 and had no food to spare. 



Aug. 30. — The bullock could not be made to rise, and we 

 were, after all, obliged to leave him. When we proceeded 

 the natives remained behind, of course intending to kill and 

 eat the poor animal. This day, in crossing a plain, I saw, 

 with my glass, the head of a kangaroo in the grass at a dis- 

 tance. We ran the dogs towards it, when two got up. One 

 dog, named Nelson, killed the smallest and threw it over 

 his head, all the while keeping his eye on the other, 

 which he immediately pursued and also killed. He then 

 saw and took after a third, a very large forest kangaroo ; and 

 this also he seized and fought with, until Burnett got up to 

 his assistance. About three miles further a fourth kangaroo 

 was seen and killed by the same dog, so that we obtained 

 abundance of fresh provisions for several days. We en- 

 camped in our old position of the 9th of May. In the evening 

 some natives, whom we had formerly seen with the king of 

 the Bogan, came up, with two very timid old men. We gave 

 them some kangaroo, and they behaved very well, retiring to a 

 fire at some distance, in order to cook it, and pass the night. 



Aug. 31. — We were accompanied in our travels this 

 morning, first by several young natives, and afterwards by a 

 chief who came before us rather ceremoniously, and halted 

 in an open plain, until I went up to him. His costume was 

 rather imposing, consisting of a net-work, which confined his 

 hair into the form of a round cap, having in the front, a 

 plume of white, light feathers; a rather short cloak of 

 opossum skins was di-awn tighlly around his body with 

 one hand, his bonimerengs and waddy ])eing grasped fast 

 in the other. (See PI. 21.) 



Ae we crossed the large j)lain within the bend of the 

 Bogan, and where its course changes from west to near north, 

 our eyes were refreshed with the sight of a crop of green 



