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time it took him to run the distance, but it took us something 
more than two hours; and it was evident, from the way in 
which the hounds were running, that he was a long way betore 
us ; and it was also plain that he was still fresh, as, quite at the 
end of the run, he went over the top of a very high hill, which 
a tired kangaroo never will attempt to do, as dogs gain so 
much on them in going up hill. His hind-quarters weighed 
within a pouud or two of seventy pounds, which is large for 
the Yan Diemen’s Land kangaroo, though I have seen larger. 
<< We did not measure the length of the hop of this kangaroo; 
but on another occasion, when the boomer had taken along the 
beach, and left his prints in the sand, the length of cacli jump 
was found to be just fifteen feet, and as regular as if they had 
been stepped by a sergeant. When a boomer is pressed, he is 
very apt to take the water, and then it requires several good 
dogs to kill him, if he stands waiting for them; and as soon 
as they swim up to the attack, he takes hold of them with his 
fore-feet, and holds them under water. The buck is altogether 
bold, and will generally make a stout resistance: for if he 
cannot get to the water, he will place his back against a tree, 
so that he cannot be attacked from behind, and then the best 
do«* will find in him a formidable antagonist. 
“ The doe, on the contrary, is a very timid creature ; and I 
have even seen one die of fear. It was in a place where we 
wished to preserve them, and as soon as we found that we were 
running a doe, we stopped the hounds just at the moment they 
were running into her. She had not received the slightest 
injury, but °shc lay down and died in about ten minutes. 
When a doe is beat, she generally makes several sharp doubles, 
and then gets among the branches, or close to the trunk of a 
fallen tree, and remains so perfectly still, that she will allow 
you almost to ride over her without moving; and in this way 
she often escapes. A tolerably good kangaroo will generally 
give a run of from six to ten miles ; but, in general, they do 
not run that distance in a straight line, but make one large 
ring back to the place where they were found, though the larger 
ones often go straight away.” 
AUSTRALIAN MAMMALIA. 
Catalogue of Australian Mammalia, by J. E. Gray, Esq., 
with descriptions of several new species.* 
PRIMATES. 
1. Rhinolophus megapliyllus. 
2. Nyctophilus Geoffroyii. 
3. Scotopnilus morio. (n. s.) 
4. -Gouldii. (n. s.) 
* From Journals of Excursions in W estern Australia, by George Grey, 
Esq., vol. ii. p. 400. 
5. Scotophilus Australis, (n. s.) 
0. -pumilus. (n. s.) 
7. Molossus Australis. 
8, Pteropus poliocephalus. 
