10(3 
MACRO POD I DAL . 
from her being encumbered by a large and heavy young one, 
which she has not been able to disengage from her pouch, and 
which she will always do, if possible, when hardly pressed." 
Two of Mr. Gould’s specimens, male and female, were each 
procured by a single dog; the former was held at hay until 
the party came up and dispatched him, but not before he had 
made a fearful resistance. 
The Red, and the Great Grey Kangaroo, sometimes 
inhabit the same districts; still, Mr. Gould states, they more 
commonly frequent localities of a different description; the 
latter resorting to grassy valleys, and brush growing on the 
dark soil, whilst the former apparently prefers the hard red 
stony ridges, clothed with box, and open plains, in the mid>t 
of which it may frequently he seen basking in the sun. The 
large male, which Mr. Gould estimated as having a weight of 
above 200 lbs., was killed whilst he and his party were making 
a forced inarch, between the Murray and Adelaide, at a time 
when all their provisions were exhausted: and its flesh, which 
is said to be excellent, lasted them four days. The dimen¬ 
sions of an adult mule and female, in the British Museum, 
are as follows : — 
Male. 
In. Lines. 
Length from tip of nose to root of taU (mea- 
suringover the curve of the back) ... 
60 
0 
of tail ... ... ... . 
38 
0 
of hind foot and claws 
14 
G 
of fore leg to end of claws . 
17 
0 
from ear to tip of muzzle 
7 
9 
of ear ... ... ... . 
5 
0 
Femalk. 
In. Lines. 
44 0 
2 D 
12 0 
12 0 
G G 
5 0 
Total length of skull .. ... . 
44 width ... ... ... . 
Length from the orbit to the tip of the inter¬ 
maxillary bones ... ... . 
Length of nasal bones ... ... . 
Width of ditto at the base 
44 of ditto near the apex, immediately 
behind the free points . 
44 between the orbts ... 
Female. 
G G 
3 1A 
3 3 
2 8 
o ' \ 
0 G| 
1 1 
Male? 
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> 
3 7 
3 2 
1 2 
0 7i 
1 5 
