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,vhich induced White to call it the golden-winged pigeon. 1 2 ( See page 
13 where he has given a good figure of it.) I had before found the 
<ame species at Cape Diemen. 
“There we also caught many penguins," of the species 
•ailed Aptenodyta minor , and which Captain Cook likewise met with 
'it New Zealand. They were in the same manner concealed in very 
leep holes in the rocks, from whence it was frequently very difik- 
•ult to expel them.” “Penguins occur in great numbers on all the 
Islands,” says d’Entrecasteaux, “I did not eat them, but our crews 
ived on them during our stay at this anchorage, and found them 
better than the seals.” 
The sharks there are of an enormous size. One followed our 
ooats as if he longed for one of us. They were of the most common 
species, the Squalus carcharias . 3 On board the “Esperance” they 
•aught one which was about thirteen feet in length and of more than 
proportionate bulk. 
Some fishes were caught with the hook, among which were the 
Labrus cyprinoides, and several new species of the genus perca. Dur- 
ng the first days of their stay they only caught small numbers, but 
at the end the fish became much more abundant, doubtless owing to 
lie fragments thrown over from the frigates attracting them. 
A party landed in Esperanee Bay, which they discovered, and 
liiche having got separated from the rest was lost in the bush. 
Search parties were sent out for him without success, but ultimately 
ue found his way back to the beach after 54 hours without food. 
In the course of his wanderings he saw a large cassowary 4 
Ivhich escaped behind some tall bushes. Pie tells us ‘ 1 I encountered 
hree kangaroos of the large species (Didelphis gigantea , Lin.) They 
were of different ages, only one being adult; they were not very 
Tightened of me, for having run very quickly for a distance of fifty 
eet, they sat down on their haunches in front of me. It appears 
hat the young follow their mother for a long time, and do not leave 
lier even when she has given birth to another young one. I had 
already encountered on the previous evening one of these animals 
Allowed by a young one about two-thirds of her size. Nothing is 
more remarkable than the manner in which these animals run; they 
Ro not go upright, nor do they run on four legs; but in advancing 
he animal holds its body curved forwards and bent horizontal as in 
)ther quadrupeds, without however resting on the front feet, which 
ire very short and folded against its chest; in this way it ambles, 
f I may thus express it, on its two hind feet. It was always in this 
ittitude that I saw six individuals of this species running at different 
imes, while I was lost on this coast. The great muscular strength 
>f their thighs explains how, in running, they can hold themselves 
1 Pnaps chalcoptera, Latham (Bronzewing Pigeon). 
2 Eudyptula minor, Forster. 
3 Prionace glauca, Linn. (Blue Shark). 
4 Dromiceius novaehollandiae, Latham (Emu). 
