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There are a great many kinds of Bat, most of which 
are natives of England. 
SECTION IV. Wfy JHarssapalia, or 
THE KANGAROO. (Macropus major.) 
THIS remarkable animal was first discovered by the cele- 
brated Captain Cook, in New Holland ; and as it was the 
onty quadruped discovered on the island by the first 
settlers, they attempted to hunt it with greyhounds. 
The astonishing leaps it took, however, quite puzzled the 
colonists, who found it extremely difficult to catch. At 
first it was supposed that there was only one kind of 
Kangaroo, but now thirty or forty have been discovered, 
some of them not larger than a rat, and others as 
big as a calf. Kangaroos live in herds ; one, apparently 
older and larger than the rest, appearing to act as a kind 
of king over the rest. The ears of the Kangaroo are 
large, and in almost constant motion ; it has a hare-lip, 
