BOOK OF NATURAL HISTORY. 21 
THE KANGAROO. 
“ So you are called kan- 
garoo, are you ? Your name. 
I think, ought to be little-head- 
and -great- tail. Your upper 
half seems as if it did not be- 
long to the lower. And why 
do you stand in that awkward 
way, letting your fore-paws 
hang down like a pair of 
gloves ? And those heavy, 
clumsy hind legs ; what can 
you do with them ? How much 
better off you would be if your 
tail were cut off, and your legs 
shortened ! ” “ My friend,” 
