THE KANGAROO. 
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feetj yet its principal progressive motion is by 
leaps, in which it has been known to clear 
twenty feet at a time, and which are so rapidly 
repeated as to enable the animal almost to 
outstrip the fleetest greyhound : besides which 
it will frequently bound over obstacles nine 
feet or more in height with the greatest ease. 
Its general colour is an elegant pale brown, 
inclining to white on the belly. 
One of the most remarkable peculiarities of 
this animal is the extraordinary faculty which 
it possesses of separating at pleasure to a 
considerable distance the two long fore-teeth 
in the lower jaw. According to La Billardiere, 
its eye is furnished with a nictitating mem- 
brane, situated at the interior angle, and ca- 
pable of being extended at pleasure over the 
ball. 
In its natural state the kangaroo is ex- 
tremely timid. It feeds entirely on vege- 
table substances, chiefly on grass, and drinks 
