A Ka7igaroo Huiit 



We skinned him hastily, — for the light 

 was failing by this time, — and slung the 

 great tail and the hind quarters over a pole 

 of tough black wattle which Wilkinson 

 cut out of the neighboring scrub, leaving 

 the remainder of the carcass to feed the 

 foxes, the native cats, and the bandicoots. 

 It was all we could do to struggle home 

 under the weight of this small half of our 

 booty ; but by relieving one another occa- 

 sionally we succeeded at length in reaching 

 the mountain homestead, a triumphant, 

 though wet and dilapidated, procession. 



The older generation of Australians have 

 the strongest objection to consuming the 

 flesh of the kangaroo, in any shape or 

 form, a prejudice for which I could only 

 account by supposing that they must have 

 suffered from a surfeit of this form of diet 

 in their youth ; for the younger generation 

 are rather partial to kangaroo flesh than 

 otherwise, and I found it excellent myself 

 in every way. It has a delicate, gamey 

 flavor, something between that of vension 

 and grouse ; and, like vension, it is the bet- 

 ter for a week's hanging before going to 

 the spit. The best part of the animal — 

 the especial delicacy — is the great fleshy 

 tail. This is delicious prepared in any one 

 of the various styles that are known to the 



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