claw of the interior one, if clofely examined, will be 

 found to be double, or toconfift of two claws very clofe 

 to each other • fo that in reality, the hind feet are 

 tetradadtylous, or have four claws. This particular, 

 (which feems to have efcaped the firft obfervers) is both 

 curious and important, as it feems to {hew how very 

 nearly this animal is allied to another anomalous fpe- 

 cies of quadruped, which has long ago been defcribed 

 by Le Brun, the painter, under the name of the Phi- 

 lander, in which the fame particularity (viz. the double 

 inner claw) takes place; as likewife in a fmall fpecies 

 of Kanguroo, which, like the large fpecies here figured, 

 inhabits New Holland. 



The tail of the Kanguroo is very long, and gradually 

 tapers to the end. 



The Kanguroo is by far the largeft animal of its 

 genus ; being as large as full-grown fheep. Its head 

 and neck, and whole upper parts are very flim and de- 

 licate ; while the lower part of the body is very large 

 and mufcular. It is a creature of furprifing agility, 

 and fprings forwards, by leaping to fo uncommon a 

 height, and to fo great a diftance, as to outftrip the 

 fleeted purfuit; the fwifteft greyhound being eafily 

 and foon diftanced by this wonderful quadruped. 



It is a native of New Holland, where it is found in 

 plenty, and is cfteemed a ufeful article of food. 



