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was never a,ble to induce them to breed, although all means 
in his power were employed for that purpose. 
This disappointment did not at all abate his ardour ; but 
finding that little was to be expected in that way, he applied 
to Captain Paterson, and Mr. Lang a surgeon, who were 
going to Port Jackson, having received appointments on that 
establishment, to give him their assistance. He requested 
they would procure the female organs of the kanguroo under 
all the different circumstances in which they occurred, and 
send them to England in spirits, that he might be enabled to 
prosecute this inquiry. The only preparations of this kind 
which arrived before Mr. Hunter's death, were such as shewed 
the uterus in its unimpregnated state; and Mr. Hunter's time 
was so much occupied by his public appointments that he had 
not sufficient leisure to examine them. 
In the course of the last summer, I have received from Mr. 
Lang, by the hands of Mr. Considan, and Major Nepean, 
several preparations of the uterus in different states, and the 
young kanguroo at a very early period after leaving the uterus. 
These, on examination, appear to compose a body of evidence 
that elucidates several parts of the curious mode of generation 
of this animal, and to contain the most material anatomical 
facts that are necessary to direct our future inquiries. 
The preparations themselves I have deposited in the collec- 
tion for which they were originally intended ; and am desirous 
to communicate the facts and observations to this learned So- 
ciety, that they may prove useful to those gentlemen whose 
residence in that country enables them to prosecute, and com- 
plete, this interesting investigation. 
The only general circumstances I have been able to collect 
