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conacioits <>f danger, nidaniiip,- pitcously under 

 tlin loinicrcifnl fanjvs of tliL' IkuukIs : its eyrf=i, 

 dim with trar?;, seeming to upUraid the liuiitcr tor 

 bis cnii'lty. No one can behold the tragic scene 

 vfthtmt fbellng pangs ol regset, as the 

 worry tlic aiiiiiial until thv Imnter dismoimtSj 

 and ])assirio' lii^ knife acrof^s tln^ creature's tliroat, 

 the crimson sti'eani flows, an<l tlie fixed glassy 

 eye indicates the termination of life. 



One dity^ while hmiting kangaroos over the 

 ranges, we started a female^ jsefiOsbg'iuM the 

 In^at of the thy nnder a tree ; she was soon seized 

 mid destroyed by the doo's. A short distance 

 further on the same range, we came npon a large 

 m-^le Mng^oO; vMa^ feowading aw ay, we lm4 a 

 Une (^ase aH^ar Mm wer stuiaps of trees, bushes, 

 loose wood, and rocks, and found these impedi- 

 ments, over a naturally irn^nidar ground, any 

 thing but safe ; but the horse I rode was ac- 

 ^JtiStomM to Slidi places, and, being sttiag-fcoted, 

 be mfrij&i iM^^ ckTsrall diiSe^^esik suMde&t 

 time to witness the death-struggle. The kan- 

 ^Xaroo had hcen arrested in his progress liy tlie " 

 hounds, on ascending a steep acclivity. When 

 descending a hill these Ii9diin^$ J^lke surprising 

 leapS} and hound with gr^speed also upon l&rd 

 ground; but when aseending a hill they are soon 

 i^aptui^ed^ The dogs had judiciously divided 



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