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Show near as pos6lbre to' their haunts be being .detected, all possible precaai being-taken to make no linnets! noise. .... , The kangaroos having a wonoV, keen sense of smell, should the favor them, if is sometimes not 'J get very near them before the?7 aware of their danger. Their sen'J hearing being very acute, the least made the better. They are, howeni very near sighted animal. Iomied:-the Iomied:-the kangaroos perceive in what ditT'" the danger is coming from, if anT c begin to act in a manner worthy "of 1 greatest admiration. It is except, find them in groups of less thaa f-twelve f-twelve to twenty in number. The young members of the gK& the first to leave the camp, dk6. and scattering in all directions. V, order come the "old women," away and follow the same tactics 1-tbe 1-tbe group to leave being the "old who remain as long as they thiai safely can, and then scamper off one in an opposite and different' tion, their aim for pursuing suchta-being suchta-being to puzzle and outwit theV viuvtl ii.uvuviy UU, J j. done within a very short space of & When it is discovered that meo dogs have been perceived it is the 5i to begin the chase. There is a "pell rcell;" the fun begins. Overrir' down gullies, through Bwampj, c broken country, rocks, etc., mea, he-dogs, he-dogs, go at breakneck pace, the B aimed at being to keep the "niarsu the open country. Should he suocee. gaining the densely timbered forest the more venturesome follow, nEV rewarded, however, by having d out the victim, and the dogs begin joy their part of the play. The kangaroo, not being able to further, selects some tree, with bis. to which he faces and awaits hi,.'. Hehaanot long to wait. Yourvs-kangaroo Yourvs-kangaroo dog exhibits rare cautii-conducting cautii-conducting (for the kangaroo) the equal battle; but the younger mt experienced brute will make a nut try to grab the silent victim br throat. He usually regrets his fc,. dsity, however, as those lower pot', limbs of the kangaroo, used with i ning like rapidity and in terrible j tion, send the dog howling bach; wound that he, if he ever recovers, carry the marks of for the rest o! natural life. The dog who hs been in a hit; wars or more will act in a very;! manner from his younger brother, point of the marsupial's anatoro: favors most is the tail, the object to unbalance the kangaroo and t him down; ouce they succeed insoi the silent victim's moments are i bered; the throat is rushed forme good-by, kangaroo. Then the ti taktu as a trophy of tho chase, a sportsmen repair to their resp-: homes. George Barrie in Shoe Leather Reporter. A KANGAROO HUNT. Eicltlng Sport in Which the founftfy Voutli or Australia Indulje. Kangaroo hunting, for pure sport, forms one of tiie great pleasures of the country youth of the Australias, aad in fact of most of the adventurous of the younger portion of tho different communities. com-munities. It is a sport requiring tho greatest coolness and daring, if one is to gain the coveted prize the tail. I pre- I (sume the fos hunt indulged in by the ' Englishman or American has, though in a much less degree, the attraction a kan-garoo kan-garoo hunt has for the average Australian. Aus-tralian. 1 suppose what makes the sport so very exciting is the danger encountered encounter-ed in pursuing the. animal, the country presenting so many obstacles dangerous alike to man and horse, and the breakneck break-neck pace it is necessary to keep up to follow the semi-flying "marsup" until such time as he may become fagged out, when, like a hon at bay, he will fight till the last gasp. While there is not any of the ceremony mg the kangaroo, there is no doubt it is fully as enjoyable, the necessary re- ,. an? fun, tnat you can ride aud handle a horse perfectly, have a fairly fa hor and to or more fleet dogs. A party so pupped will 8tart f place and make for the nearest S -' :.'. I |