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MACROPOD 11).E. 
Captain Sir Edward W. Parry, R.N., who states that it was 
procured at Stroud, near Tort Stephens, in the latitude 
of about 30° south. It was caught by the natives, by 
whom it is called Wbllaroo , having been thrown out of its 
mothers pouch when the latter was hunted. At that time it 
was somewhat less than a rabbit; but, having continued in 
the possession of Sir Edward Parry for more thou two years 
in New South Wales, besides six months on the passage home, 
it was no doubt full grown when it reached England. It was 
never kept in confinement until it was embarked for England, 
but lived in the kitchen, and ran about the house and grounds 
like a dog, going out every night after dark into the “ busli" 
to feud, and usually returning about two o’clock in the morn¬ 
ing to its friend, the man cook, in whose bed it slept. Besides 
what it might obtain in these excursions, it ate meat, bread, 
vegetables—in short, every thing given to it by the cook, 
with whom it was extremely tame ; hut it would allow 
nobody else to take liberties with it. It expressed its anger, 
when very closely approached by others, by a sort of half- 
grunting, lmlf-hissing, very discordant sound, which appeared 
to come from the throat, and was not accompanied by any 
alteration in the expression of the countenance. In the day¬ 
time it would occasionally, but not often, venture out to a 
considerable distance from home, in which case it would 
sometimes be chased hack by strange dogs, especially diose 
belonging* to the natives. From these, however, it had no 
difficulty in escaping, through its extreme swiftness; and it 
was curious to see it bounding up a hill and over the garden 
fence, until it had placed itself under the protection of the 
dogs belonging to the house, especially two of the Newfound¬ 
land breed, to which it was attached, and which never failed 
to afford it their assistance by sullying forth in pursuit of its 
adversaries. 
A second specimen was presented to the Zoological Society 
