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tacked the tlir&at, and ita existence was soon tei- 



nil II a ted . 



The weight of this animal was one hundred 

 and sixty pounds. On the inner side of each 

 kniee-jdfnt I obsemdl a colleetion of several 



llinHlr('d> of worms,* l<Jng, thin, and uf a white 

 colour, inclosed in a cynt of* ccllnlar membrane, 

 through which they could Ix' seen . It was situated 

 external to the knee-joint. 1 dissected a cyst as 

 pei^^y m ^pmM^f tsid flm&i &«in in 



iMitEie same time regretting thatlBadno means of 

 preserving the joint with the C3'st attaclied entire. 

 Similar worms are said to exist in the stomach 

 and intestines of the animal. These cysts, 1 

 niukrstand, are not xincoitimfimL | feome persons 

 il3.ve asserted that they have never killed a kan- 

 garoo witliont them, wliilst others declare they 

 are moie common in males than in fcmales,'f' 

 and are found in two kangaroos out of three. 



Wm ^^Eamiuing the body of the is^o 

 last killed, the attack of mosquitoes^ horse-flies, 



* They are mentioned in the catalogue of the museum of 

 the London Royal College of Surgeons, " Preparations of 

 Katural History in Spirit," Fasc. 1, pa#fe4, {t* ^ st i^iMs^ 



ful species oi" Filariti. " F'thtriu Matrnpi mftjoris." 



■f This assertion accords with my remarks, for 1 did not 



ofaseeve tbese <^m:in 3tbe }m o% m tlie male spe- 



