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DYING KANGAUOU. 



the ground, an iiidiciitiou of their having been 

 recently engaoed in active warfare, leaving Ijc- 

 hind them, like tlie Kilkenny cats, only some 

 mors^ of fti^. Although we had many indi- 

 oatlonB of t^ixmik^ butitig ^t&d the fiat, 



we rarely saw liimi^ '^cept upon tlfeft rjingcs, 

 particularly those spots where, the grass having 

 been recently bnrnt, the }'nnng herl)agc was 

 springing up,* It is usual for kangaroos to fre- 

 qtmt the MgB land durmg the summer, seek- 

 ing the more &h^tol7@d situations during winter. 



The females are not permitted to cat the flesh 

 of the kangaroo, for if tlM'y did (the selfish 

 males observe) our dogs would die nor are 



t^LB irdXEim^ it 18 sdid, tUmeii to ^ tli^ jleib 

 of the Bandicoot'* (called Kudjua* Mandn^ ©r 

 Gornn, by the natires) until they have borne a 



child. 



The dying kangaroo w'ould aHbrd a subject 



worthy of £he iBi]ml$bble j»eiMsil of lanctee^, m 

 it p^oitotd m itts^ giround^ where, hnt a 

 few minutes before, it fed and gambolled, nn- 



• Time tliMki. tikti the mtte) fSreqaent tliOfe places 

 wh^«r thflr grass* having been recently bunvt» tlioy meet 

 wi&i the svreel: X'^wa^ Jierbage* This way account for our 

 finding fhett' so timnerous about those sltuatiaas^ In pre* 

 ference to tlie plain, altlioiig}) the lattur seemed to offer the 

 teniptatiqn of more luxuriant but coarser fefetlmg.. 



