GREAT KANGUROO. 609 
most picturesque of quadrupeds. The head bears 
some resemblance to that of a deer, and the visage 
is mild and placid : the ears are moderately large^, 
of a slightly sharpened form, and upright : the eyes 
large, and the mouth rather small : the neck thin 
and finely proportioned : the fore legs extremely 
short, with the feet divided into five toes^ each 
furnished with a sharp and somewhat crooked 
claw. From the breast downwards the body gra- 
dually enlarges, and again decreases a Httle to- 
wards the tail : the thighs and hind legs are ex- 
tremely stout and long; and the feet are so con- 
structed as to appear, at first sight, to consist of 
but three toes, of which the middle is by far the 
largest, and is furnished with a claw of great 
size and strength: the exterior toe is also fur- 
nished with a very strong claw, but far smaller 
than that of the middle one ; and the interior con- 
sists of two small toes united under a common 
skin, with their respective claws placed so close to 
each other as to appear like a split or double 
claw: the whole ap*pearance of the foot bears a 
distant resemblance to that of a bird. The Kan- 
guroo rests on the whole length of the foot, which 
is callous, blackish, and granulated beneath. The 
colour of the animal is an elegant pale brown, 
lighter or more inclining to whiteness on the ab- 
domen : the ventral pouch, or receptacle for the 
young, is situated in the same manner as in the 
Opossums, and is extremely large and deep. 
The dimensions of a full-grown Kanguroo are 
given as follows, in Governor Phillip's voyage 
