NEW S O U T H W A L E S. 
Holland not to be Sufficiently chara6leriltic : it has been c 
found both in the rat and the fquirrel kind. The 
largclt kanguroo which has yet been Ihot weighed about 
one hundred and forty pounds. But it has been difco- 
vered that there are two kinds, one of which feldoni 
exceeds fixty pounds in weight : thefe live chiefly on the 
high grounds : their hair is of a reddifli caft, and th-e 
head is lliorter than in the larger fort. Young kangu- 
roos which have been taken, have in a few days grown 
very tame, but none have lived more than two or three 
weeks. Yet it is ftill poffible that when their proper 
food fliall be better known, they may be domefticated. 
Near fome water, in this journey, was found the dung 
of an animal that fed on grafs, which, it was fuppofedj 
could not have been lefs than a horfe. A kanguroo, 
fo much above the ufual lize, would have been an ex- 
traordinary phsenomenon, though no larger animal has 
yet been feen, and the limits of growth in that fpecies 
are not afcertained. The tail of the kanguroo, which 
is very large, is found to be ufed as a weapon of 
offence, and has given fuch fevere blows to dogs as to 
oblige them to defift from purfuit. Its fiefli is coarfe 
and lean, nor would it probably be ufed for food, where 
there was not a fcarcity of frefh provifions. The dis- 
proportion between the upper and lower parts of this 
animal is greater than has been lliown in any former 
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