Show CAPABLE ABLE KANGAROO Notwithstanding the kangaroos kangaroo's popular reputation for speed ho is easily asH overtaken in tho bush by a n good horse they say within half a mile A capable kangaroo dog dog dog-a a lean swift boast a cross between a greyhound and anda a mastiff bred to course and hill kill kill- soon soon floon runs runa him bim to bay Without dons it it- itis is is tho the custom to kill IoU with a cua cudgel cl This is iB is often accomplished b by the sportsman from the tho back of his horse D Dismounted however however with the tho roo TOO waiting alertly for lor attack it is sometimes a n perilous venture ventura to come to close quarters A slip and slip and the tho sports sports- sportsman man finds himself all at ut on once e in a deso des situation One Ono of time the lumberjacks lumber jacks Jucks with whom we wo rest rested cd in tho the shade of the of-the the blackbutt showed us pus the scars Mears c-ars c of an encounter Ho lie had ridden tho the kangaroo down said he be and being in in haste to rialto make an end cud of the sport port ho he had caught up ur the tho first likely stick his hia o eye r could discover and ami bo no hail stepped quickly and confidently in iu and lie he had struck hard and accurately Amid Ami tho next instant caught off the tho ground i be he was struggling breast to breast t. t in in the tho ling hug of the tho t creature fril aware aro that ho must escape before belor th the deadly hind bind foot had devastated him bin My by Y climb broke ho lie exclaimed and ami tho thio boomer got Jol me There were long scars on his Ids back bad anti and shoulders tho the which we arc were oro n not ant t very cry cry sorry to see sec ee for wo we could not make out wh why an any any man should wj wish h to I kill a kangaroo for aport Noonan Norman I Duncan in m Harpers Harper's Magazine for Do Da cember |