246 MARVELS OF THE AKIMAL WORLD 



sufficient supply of liquid for their needs from the 

 moisture which is contained in the leaves upon 

 which they so largely subsist. 



Very few living specimens of tree-kangaroos 

 have ever been seen in this country, but, judging 

 from those which the writer has known, they have 

 quite a hardy constitution and are by no means 

 difficult to keep in captivity. 



A photograph of a pair of ursine tree-kangaroos 

 appears as our frontispiece. 



