om more than a dozen females having
been killed, which had invariably but one formed in the pouch.
Notwithstanding this, the animal may be looked on as prolific, from the
early age it begins to breed at, kangaroos with young having been taken
of not more than thirty pounds weight; and there is room to believe that
when at their utmost growth, they weigh not less than one hundred and
fifty pounds. A male of one hundred and thirty pounds weight has been
killed, whose dimensions were as follows:

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Feet. Inches.
Extreme length 7 3
Ditt of the tail 3 4 1/2
Ditto of the hinder legs 3 2
Ditto of the fore paws 1 7 1/2
Circumference of the tail of the root 1 5
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After this perhaps I shall hardly be credited, when I affirm that the
kangaroo on being brought forth is not larger than an English mouse.
It is, however, in my power to speak positively on this head, as I have
seen more than one instance of it.

In running, this animal confines himself entirely to his hinder, legs,
which are possessed with an extraordinary muscular power. Their speed
is very great, though not in general quite equal to that of a greyhound;
but when the greyhounds are so fortunate as to seize them, they are
incapable of retaining their hold, from the amazing struggles of the
animal. The bound of the kangaroo, when not hard pressed, has been
measured, and found to exceed twenty feet.

At what time of the year they copulate, and in what manner, we know
not: the testicles of the male are placed contrary to the usual order of
nature.

When young the kangaroo eats tender and well flavoured, tasting like
veal, but the old ones are more tough and stringy than bullbeef. They
are not carnivorous, and subsist altogether on particular flowers and
grass. Their bleat is mournful, and very different from that of any
other animal: it is, however, seldom heard but in the young ones.

Fish, which our sanguine hopes led us to expect in great quantities, do
not abound. In summer they are tolerably plentiful, but for some months
past very few have been taken. Botany Bay in th