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belly fuddenly lifted him off the ground, and laid him upon his back^, 

 along his arm, like a child. It made no noife, nor any effort to 

 efcape, not even a druggie Its countenance was placid, and it feemed 

 as contented as if it had been nurfed by Mr. Bafs* from its infancy. 

 He carried the beaft upwards of a mile, and often fhifted him from 

 arm to arm, fometimes laying him upon his moulder, all of which 

 he took in good part; until, being obliged to fecure his legs while 

 He went into the brum to cut a fpecimen of new wood, the creature's 

 anger arofe with the pinching of the twine y he whizzed with all his 

 might, kicked and fc-ratched mod furioully, and mapped off a piece 

 from the elbow of Mr. Bafs's coat. Their friendfhip was here at an 

 end j and the creature remained implacable all the way to the boat 3 

 ceafing to kick only when he was exhaufted. 



This circumftance feemed to indicate, that with kind treatment the 

 Wom-bat might foon be rendered extremely •■docile* and probably af- 

 fectionate ; but let his tutor beware of giving him provocation, at Leaffe 

 if he mould be full grown. 



Both in thefe illands, and in the mountains to the .weft ward of Port 

 jackfon, their habitation is under ground, the creature being, admirably 

 formed for burrowing ; but to what depth it defeends does not feem to 

 be afcertained.. His food is not yet well known ; but the ftomachs of 

 fuch as Mr. Bafs examined were diftended with a coarfe wirey grafs. 



The annexed Representa t ion of this new and curious addition 

 to the animals-- of New South Wales, was taken from a living fubjecl:, . 

 which was a female, and had the characleriftic mark which claffed it 

 with the opoffum tribe, the pouch or bag for its young.. 



Cape Barren, befides the kangooroo and Wom-bat, is inhabited by 

 the porcupine ant-eater-, a rat with webbed feet; parroquets, and a 

 fmali bird of beautiful plumage unknown at Port Jackfon. Black 

 fnakes with venomous fangs were numerous; and the rocks toward 

 the fea were covered with fur-feals of great beauty. " In point of 



* The kangooroo, and fome other animals of New South Wales, are remarkable for being . 

 domefticated as foon as taken* 



animated 



