VOYAGE TO NEW SOUTH WALES. 
even when full grown, are too fmall for it to do much 
execution with the teeth ; nor is the conformation of either 
at all calculated for the purpofe. Indeed, its fore feet, 
which it ufes, as a fquirrel or monkey, to handle any thing 
with, and which afTiO: it in lying down, are too fmall, 
and out of proportion, as are all the fuperior parts, to 
admit of its either pofiefling or exerting much ftrength. 
It has been reported by fome convi<5ts who were out one 
day, accompanied by a large Newfoundland dog, that the 
latter feized a very large Kangaroo, but could not prefervc 
its hold. They obferved that the animal efFeded its efcape 
by the defenfive ufe it made of its tail, with which it ftruck 
its affailant in a moft tremendous manner. The blows 
were applied with fuch force and efficacy, that the dog 
was bruifed, in many places, till the blood flowed. They 
obferved that the Kangaroo did not feem to make any ufe 
of either its teeth or fore feet, but fairly beat off the dog 
with its tail, and efcaped before the convids, though 
at no great diflancc, could get up to feeure it. 
The female has a pouch or pocket, like the Opoffum, 
in which fhe carries her young. Some have been fhot with 
a young one, not larger than a walnut, flicking to a teat 
in 
