| Show b A CHAT ABOUT THE KANGAROO Kvetyone knows that Australia is i the largtit lUnd on the glob beinit neatly a l large ta the United SUM tat pr hip pv tone li not tcqitanted with the many pectilterillta of the country 81 te arJ > natural product both animal and vecelAble In ipeaklnic of the anlmil ol them i htlpoJ l rion n a tnltr or canton i t llondltlanee jumper the kanlroo l chine to mind directly Till nnlmal found hind f h-ind I btlieire In no other counlty but CustutlU A few ol lh m are to be ien around the chine where they are cept In ciiclixurct ai pe s but ni a rule hey do not conset iotth their unta net rothetf of the latch The average aught ol Ito kangaroo ll I about five tint thnuh tonic approach sIC I let I t Hie head It onto I and lomenhlt re temblci that of n r < > bd ailed tam I n Front I the head donnwarda the body Krailuilly become heavier In lu cnniliucllon The color ol the under part li ala approach al-a white In tonieplacu which lllk radiully grows dirktr on the I sides and culminates In a vety datlc gray on the back Since the kangaroo don I not nuke Die of IU foreleg lo any exlull they lire mull and liEhlly conitrucled l hut the lilntl legs make up i for all < dclclencle ol the tote or they are very urung and long l That wonderlul appendage the tallall the world o tile kangnruo end audi a ixmeiful auxiliary In his mien ttoift quite a lengthy weight attain an Indeed iin edbtlor eteltnot tor It the locomotion of the kangaroo would be a problem one ho could not lmmol I bly solve Tin lad eiiiblei the anim 10 utll te to bent advantage Hi power tu I1ttli tli lh filing It balancei vl hint in the air and inppom lilri alighting and Her it not lor the tail the graceiul jumper would l natal ui more ai luch So well II thl < known lo the lad And tomem of the bu h that mmiy loc tick eaans tDothache mat id other wha toni mlKMble from lime to lime frequently compare their depth of in lery tu nut ota ot-a kangaroo without ittytail And abuts the timlle may be CHarm and Mvnr Ul MIcHs It li In iew ol what lion been Mid ol rill II Importance of the kangaroo a tail uomletlully expremvo 1 billY or lorty yean ago the kingaroo wag found in great number near the large citIng uhlch either tpeaka well tar the muderation ol the black who killed no more than they could UK or badly for the tflcctKemit of their far famed boomerang In theme early day there were no kangaroo hide In demand 1 tar ltraino sell liny appear lite hlck I l or naihe unite little or no use ol the fur of the animal around them Hut since lhoedai the arm of modem < civil Ilion I-lion have prmen tbemwlte mote Hull n mutch lor the salt kangaroo He moved saltily but cold 1 lead outstripped hint and laid linn low Ij veil when lull a mile awa to wa ttlll within deadly range antI the race that throve And muui lied In II the race uVl the hoomeranf nulla and I ipear gradua drew oil Into the Interior lliur number ecoinin2 I let and i lea with each I year Tne big fi price paid for the iklni of these animals ha hod much to do with tltis uhuleaale extermination they being much ought after on account ol the fur but mure o < ccialy I becauie of the line ul leather the hide aflard when tinned U h need e > to uy that kangaroo hunting In I deemed good port In that country And I mutt confew th game Is I now juit shout scarce ttuit I thy enuugn ta make good 11pott lot agommil I deal am hunting and lunio kno Jlli ledge of the habit ol the animal neceuary in order to bag even one One method that n generally adopted when time patty it I a large U thli When track of the game are nero the patty divide up some tallon ng themielves in a line scroll a gulch or m me or near the path ot the unimali at a solo distance from each I other while the horiemeii Heal at quietly quiet-ly a 1 pouble down the gulch a few mile and then separate and scour the bush tearing ever thing In the direction ol the ambuKidc where many tome times bite the uutt and oilier lUll the gauntlet mInI > bnortsmcn who are alone generally sally lor in n little before tuniet and lie In walt fur the animal at It pMie by lo drink The griat thump utIle tail at every jump can be hearu mine dilianco aaay III tIme quiet tliadn l of evening and l though the animal are comparatively bar nlet the beating 01 the heart Is I quickened nevirlheleu thy looking ut a picture of one of ficnt It will be men that the hind legs Alee Ale-e lone and strong riieyiupiortthu we ghl of time I body but ore vety utcfui when the animal In brought to bay by dogs In protecting IIIt1f Uheii the ilogi iprmg at the throat of an old man as an old mile fa I termed he hits the povtciful hind leg and by a vigorous kick cither known tile thug > old iwat or cull hltll I badly 1 ulth Ins iharp goatlike goat-like hi of < Digs nut for the Tint time will wry often tptlng nt the kangaroo Illot I chance from the iron but the older digs who have hco I there before 1 lake thint qu ctl When lagged out by n long chine the poor animal net lila back too tree and lace the music I eft to inuilf 1 tIme kangaroo IH I death on dogs 11 he can but gel protection lor bh I back The hunt I is i an exiltl ifc diane hoc the horses tlog unit I men limit 1 a cruel one for the poor kangaroo who ha been known 00 n lao 1 reiuutce to take to water I only to le drowned by thin dog Another Ihiiik In 1 thto I connection li l < that owing lathe homig distance from habtia lions lo when the nmualj ore hilled l tl ie todies are hell to rot the kin being all that U I carried oH True the forequarters fore-quarters are not worth much for therein there-in I nothing to them but the ndqJirter tail Included I in llator excel mutton which the Dealt greatly reiemble The kangaroo U I wry bond ol ili young and the provision nature hat made for the cure ol the little one It I wonderful On the under pelt ol the femile n kin I of touch is j > aced and the little one that frill and Ji J mp about so gayly when all II adam UIKIII the llghtut provocation tumble Into the pouch I und tire borne away Iron danger aafaat as the sixteen fool jump ol then mother the-n them AI little girl tu whom I lull I m M told once Mid the thought the a > kangaroo mitt be a fully thak au by that mode of travel but itrinje to wy the locomotion loco-motion h cotnparatfvtly my even II ll Ia I effected by a tenet ul jump AtttKAL |
