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The Living Animals of the World 



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I'AKin S WAI.l.Ar.V, 

 III jlliliia.- iif lisl.iniiL;. 



it was disi'liai'!;<'(l. (n nisli alioul 

 ill an aimless maiiiirr, aiul, as 

 IVi'i|iioiil Iv lia]i]M'iis. ill llic iiii- 

 nunliate dircci ion nf llir liiildi-ii 

 s|H)rtsniaii. In llic j^miil did iiinos 

 it is rociirdcd tlial an i'\|iiTi('iK'i^d 

 liand iiiii;lil kill as niaiu" as 

 M'\on(v (IV rii;lil\- kaiii^aiiiiis in 

 a dav bv tliis stalking' nii'llind. 

 'I'lic iiiarsn[iials an- al (lir ]iri'si'nl 

 dal(\ lunvi'vcr, sn srxcrcly doci- 

 mated (hat excn in the most 

 laxourable settled dislriels a liae 

 of from twehe lo Iweiily head 

 must be reij;avdeil as exei'|i| ional. 

 Slalkin!:^ the kaiiLiaroo on fool 

 williout the liorse's aid is more 

 slroiii:^lv reeominended to (hose 

 lo whom an oeeasional shot is 

 e<insidereil surtieiently remunera- 

 tive. Takiiie; lull adxanlaLje of 

 interxeninu; bushes and other 

 indii^euous eo\er, an a|i|iroaeh to 



within a hundred yards or so of the (|uari'\' u]-a\ be nsnalh- aeeonijilished. tliou<j^li iiol iiuile so 



easily, perhaps, as min;h( be al iirsi anticipated. il is I hi' habit of the kanearoo lo sil np 



waist-high in the niidsl of I he sun-bleaehed grass, wliieli eoi'responds S(-i eloselv in colour 



witll its own hide Ihal unless the animal is silhouelled against the skv-Hue il readilv escapes 



detection. 



The conditions iindia- which I he kangaroo is oblained for llie ukuu purpose of su|i]il\ing 



the luimau conunissarial is jierhaps most a|)lly illustraled in connection with ils chase as 



prosecuted by the Auslraliaii 



aborigines. In Tasmania 



and the Southern Australian 



States the ])rimeval man is 



eil her exi inct or more rare 



tlian the kangaroo. In the 



extreme north and far north- 

 west, liowever, he still poses 



as "llie lord ot creation,' 



and conducts his hunting 



ex|ii'ditions on a lordlv scale. 



Tlie food-sup|dv of lh(> 



Australian nali\(' is esseiili- 



ally ]irei'arious. l/ong inler- 



\a.ls of " short commons " 



are interspersed willi brief 



periods of over-abundance, 



in which he indulges his 



appel il(^ lo its fullest, beiil . 



A kangaroo dri\i' on iialive 



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lines represents lo I he PAU.n-s wallahy. 



Australian iiiinil one ol lli<'S(^ ^, ,.,..,, . , 



(.'luii'iiutci iMUo loodmyf iitititinic. 



