MARSUPIAL ANIMALS 





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A Kangaroo at Unj . 



A 'lit fit Knngaroo. 





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Mr. Angas relates the following interesting picture of the chaso of the Kangaroo: 



These timid creatures, which we disturbed while they were feeding, immediately took to the desert over 



gum bushes and the rough surface 

 of the loose limestone rocks. It is 

 an extraordinary sight to see them 

 clearing the bushes, and springing 

 high into the air ; we took after 

 one of them, the dogs following 

 close upon the track. At two 

 miles the dogs closed with him. 

 ami we came up as he stood at bay. 

 lie was a noble creature, and fought 

 desperately with his fore-paws; a 

 single kick with his hind feet would 

 have laid any one of the dogs dead. 

 It was a cruel sight to see the po«r 

 beast struggling hard for life, his 

 large and eloquent eyes filled with 

 tears. 



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