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KAXGAUOO HUNT. 



see one upon tliese plains. Happening to meet 

 the liero of tlio al>nve tale, (I mean tlie man, iH)t 

 the kau^"ai"t)o,) 1 asked him liow lie felt when 

 fc^a^ hugged hhn ; he replied, "Jfofcifei'y 

 comfortSLMe ; lie tambkii tue ttboful; &iti0iaslyi 

 tlie\^ are mighty strong- bast(^s, and don't seem 

 to like being meddled with." Indeed, nn^tiy 

 persons when alone are afraid to face a large 

 *^ old mati" kangaroo* A ttm recently ardved 

 in the e^tey, w^fi^t aita? isAttle 3[ he tetumed 

 in great terror, lllirdllg^ it appe^ $Oine SWir 

 denly on the rang'cs upon a kano-aron, ns 

 ** large/' he said, as a horse," I asked him 

 the colour of the animal ; he replied that he 

 did not T^W&d it ; he «miy Tjrished to get 

 away from rlie l>e;«st, ami rmininL*,- down thr 

 hill, was gUul Mhen he saw ihe animal /rant f. 

 following him ; it is prohahle when he w ent 

 down one part of the range, tlie animal, equally, 



We passed m&s: the ranges th^ streto 



of the Tnmat, a rugged route, at some parts 

 dangei'ous {'or horses, hut the suri'-footrd animal-^ 

 carried ns safely over piaecs which would have 

 as^itithed Ittropean ilc»seme^. 



Aller leaving Blowriii Plain, we saw several 

 kangaroos 6n the ranges ; one was pursued^ and 



