Show ORIGIN OF KANGAROO T The kangaroo derived Its name nam from an amusing blunder When English Eng lish sailors lan landed ed at Australia Ua they were amazed by the curious nature atthe ot of the animal both by its stran strange e habit of hopping along and also by the way In hi which It pouched Its young oung Inquiring inquiring In In- quiring of a native what it was the black replied Kan go roo What do you mean me-an The sailors s t took ok this as a reply to their question and the queer animal goes down the ages in leaps of interrogation n. n |