GREAT KANGUROO. 607 
view of it, and immediately concluded it to be 
an animal perfectly new and undescribed. 
On the i7th of July, this gentleman^ accom- 
panied by small party, went out at dawn of day 
in quest of discoveries in natural history ; and, in 
a walk of many miles, at length saw four of these 
animals, two of which were chased by his grey- 
hound^ but readily outstripped their pursuer, and 
threw him out at a great distance, by leaping' 
over the long grass, which prevented the dog 
from running to advantage*: all that could then 
be distinctly observed was, that the animal in 
some degree resembled the Jerboa in its manner 
of springing forwards on the hind legs, instead of 
running in the manner of other quadrupeds. 
The sight of a creature so extraordinary could 
not fail to excite^ in the mind of a philosophic 
observer, the most ardent wishes for a complete 
examination. These were at length gratified; 
Mr. Gore, one of the associates in the expedition 
of Captain Cook, having been so fortunate as to 
shoot one in the course of a few days ; and it 
seems to have been from this specimen that the 
figure given in the voyage, was drawn, which 
may be considered as in reality the best hitherto 
published^ except in the article of the hind feet, 
Avhich, instead of their very remarkable natural 
structure, are represented something like those of 
* In such parts of the country where dogs can run with ease^ 
or without being too much impeded by the long grass and shrubs, 
the Kanguroo is found unequal to the chaccj and has several times 
been caught with greyhounds. 
