KANGAROO. 
few days after it is taken. This curious qua- 
druped, he remarks, if such it can be called, 
has been found, in the false belly of the mo- 
'ther, perfeftly formed, and only the size of a 
Windsor bean ; from which diminutive 'ori- 
gin, however, wonderful as it may appear, the 
animal grows to the weight of a hundred and 
fifty pounds ! 
Had we not received this intelligence from a 
quarter of the most unquestionable authentici- 
ty, we should have inclined to an opinion that 
the size of this young Kangaroo had ^eeti "et-" 
roncously taken from that of the young Kan- 
garoo Rat ; a mistake which might have easily 
happened before these animals were much 
known, but which can hardly now be sup- 
posed possible. 
As the fa6l is, to account for such a phae- 
nomenon, would occupy more space than we 
can possibly devote to even so curious an in- 
vestigation. The principle, however, we con- 
ceive, may be sufficiently traced by analagous 
enquiries into the secret operations of nature. 
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