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not absolutely peculiar to the kangaroo ; but takes 
place also in an animal of a very different and dis- 
. tinct genus, the in us rnaritimus. 
The flesh of the kangaroo is said to be some- 
what coarse, and such as to be eaten rather from 
want of other food, than as an article of luxury. 
Mr. Hunter, however, calls it good mutton ; but 
owns it is not quite so delicate as what he has some- 
times seen bought in Leadenhall market. 
The kanguroo may now be considered as in a 
great degree naturalized in England ; several 
having been kept for some ye rs in the royal 
domains at Richmond, which, during their re- 
sidence there, have produced young, and appa- 
rently promise to render this most elegant animal 
a permanent acquisition to our country ; though 
it must, no doubt, lose, by confinement and alter- 
ation of food, several of its natural habits, and 
exhibit somewhat less of that bounding vivacity, 
which so much distinguishes it in its native wilds 
of New Holland. 
Rat kanguroo. 
This species, which, from its colour and the 
general aspect of its upper parts, has obtained the 
title of the kanguroo rat, is about the size of & 
rabbit; the head is rather flattened sideways, and 
bears some resemblance to that of a rat; the ge- 
neral shape of the animal resembles that of the 
kanguroo, but is far less elegant, the proportions 
of the parts less pleasing, and the hair, which is 
a dusky cinereous brown, of a coarser nature. 
In its teeth it agrees with the great kanguroo, 
except that it has eight instead of six front teeth 
in the upper jaw, the two middle ones being sharp- 
pointed ; the foreteeth in the lower jaw are like 
those of the kanguroo as to shape, and position, but 
