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though they were cut by shears. The natives in hunting it use no weapon 
but a club, although the kangaroo , if desperate, will sometimes seize dog or 
man in a bear-like embrace, while it uses its hind feet as feed-cutters. 
The Whal- 
labee (.Macropus 
ualabatus ) is quite 
numerous in New 
South Wales, and 
attains very great 
size. Like the 
Tasmanian 
Whallabee {Hal- 
maturus b illar- 
dieri) and the 
Padlemon of 
New South 
Wales (. Halma - 
turns thetidis) , it 
is gregarious and 
lives in large 
herds. The 
Woolly Kan¬ 
garoo {Macropus 
laniger) is often 
called the Red 
Kangaroo. This 
species uses its 
seems to depend 
HUNTING THE KANGAROO WITH BOOMERANG. 
tail simply as the third leg of a tripod, but when jumping 
entirely upon its 
legs. 
The Rock 
Kangaroo (Pe- 
tr.ogale penicil¬ 
latus ) can run 
up and down the 
precipitous rocks 
as if he were a 
monkey,but 
sometimes sacri¬ 
fices himself by 
basking in the 
sun, possibly 
occupied with 
fancies compared 
to which “ The ZEBRA WOLVES PURSUING A KANGAROO. 
Reveries of a 
Bachelor” would be the baldest prose, and the idyls of celebrated poets but 
unsuccessful attempts to give to airy nothings a habitation and a name. 
The Hare Kangaroo (. Lagorchestis leporoides') has a short muzzle, close 
