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rcKpe^ti)^ m tuifmal of this specks. A mjAm 

 went out to luint kangeurcios, antl liaviiifj: stsirted 

 a Inro'p iiialc, tlic piirsiH*i! am'inal took re- 

 fuge in a water-liolcj sutHciently t^liallow to 

 enabk him to ke^p Ilk he^ md hre-pms 

 abore and iwalt&d the attack «if ihe 



^o^t "Wljii'^' J'*' moused fairly under watrr, when 

 lie £',\mr witliiu reacli. Pat, (for the gentlo- 

 nmn was from the sister kingdom,) in a great 

 mge at the threatened death aai lSm dog, would 

 h&tJ& the krn^m^ gm t^«sed 



fire; he tlieu entered the water-hole *'to bate 

 tlie Itrains of tlie liasto out " with the l)utt- 

 end of the gun ; but the " baste, " not fancying to 

 he thus tr^ated^ turned from the soused and now 

 sens6lei^ dog to Mtittoaf^ j^>3io(ldable ^tmm^rf^ 

 and a strode took pluicei in which tli^ in^ 

 often thrust under water, and victory was pro- 

 misiuy: nuicli in favour of the kangaroo, when souie 

 of Pat's companions fortunately coming to his 

 asaistaiice> atltbolc^ amd killed the aniinal mth 

 clubs, and resiOnBd Mm in almost an insensible 

 €Onditiou ; on recoveiy he vowerl uot to ]uiut the 

 "bi^ bastes again/' This cireuinstanee occurred 

 some years since at Yas Plains, on its fii'st 

 j»fittlem^nt, mi wlien kangaroos were exceed- 

 ingly atiundant It is now a i?aie joeeurrence to 



