Igo The Carnivora. 
a moment. A second or two later, another dingo dashed out 
of cover and took him on the opposite side. In an incredibly 
short time, they had laid him out dead. It was very clear 
that one dog had been chasing the kangaroo in cover, and 
at a propitious moment hustled the quarry out right into his 
companion’s jaws. 
After a minute or two, I strolled up and cut some fine 
fresh steaks for my breakfast, an act of confiscation that 
may be excused, inasmuch as I had nothing to eat, and 
there was a march of twenty miles before me without any 
probability of getting anything. What havoc they had made 
in a short time! The chest was torn open under the fore 
leg, and the neck bitten through in several places. These 
wild dogs seem to know perfectly well where the great 
arteries are situated, and how to finish off a kangaroo while 
avoiding a blow from his formidable hind claws, 
I lived for some time in a house in Queensland which 
abutted on a much frequented road, and possessed a com- 
fortable room on the first floor, with a balcony and wide 
verandah. It was the habit of Carlo I., and the house dog, 
a pointer named Don, to lie on this balcony, where they 
could command a good view of the road for a long distance 
in each direction. Sitting on the balcony, reading or writing, 
I had frequent opportunities of observing these two dogs 
communicate with one another. One, perhaps, would be lying 
asleep on the balcony, and the other strolling about in the 
road. He in the road would notice a dog coming along, and 
hurry upstairs to inform his companion, and the two would 
run down into the road to interview the stranger. Or he on 
the balcony would be the first to see the dog, and at once 
go off to give the intelligence to the other. 
One day, business took me into the neighbouring town. 
Carlo I. would, on such an occasion, keep constant watch from 
the balcony towards the afternoon, and as soon as he saw me 
approaching—so the people in the house said—would rush 
all over the house, in a state of excitement, to find his 
