4 o 4 HISTORY OF QUADRUPEDS. 



The fur is long, foft, and very clofe; of a mixed 

 brown or greyifh colour on the back ; the under parts of 

 a yellowim-white. Its tail is prehenfile, very broad at 

 the bafe, tapers to the end, and is naked on the under 

 fide. — The female is furnifhed with a pouch. 



The KANGUROO 



is a native of New-Holland, where it was firfl discover- 

 ed by Sir Jofeph Banks. Its head is fmall and taper, 



ears large and erec~t, upper lip divided, the end of the 

 nofe black, noftrils wide, lower jaw fhorter than the up- 

 per, and there are whifkers on both; it likewife has 

 ftrong hairs above and below the eyes ; its head, neck, 

 and moulders, are fmall; the lower parts of the body in- 

 creafing in thicknefs to the rump ; its tail is long, very 

 thick near the rump, and taper ; its fore feet are ex- 



