when hardly pressed. The beautiful female represented

Plate was captured under these circumstances. Having observed a pair sheltering themselves from
acia pendula) on the plains near the Namoi, I succeeded in leading
The dog was so quickly at the heels of the one

disengage from the pouch, and which she will always do, if possible,

in the accompanying
the heat of the sun under a small group of Myalls (4c
ds of them without being perceived.
a large young one, that her escape was impossible.

a fine dog to within seventy yar
«, which after a short chase “ pulled” and kept him at

he took after, and which was carrying

The male figured by her side was also procured by a single dog
espatching him, but not before he had made a fearful resistance.

at Red Kangaroos frequently inhabit the same portions of the country, still they
affect localities of a different description; the former resorting to grassy valleys and “ brush growing on the dark

1,” whilst the latter confines itself to the hard red stony ridges clothed with box, and open plains, in the
the sun. The large male (the weight of which I

making a forced march between the Murray and

bay until I came up and assisted in d
Although the Great Grey and Gre

mouldy soi
midst of which it may frequently be seen in the daytime basking in
judge to be above two hundred pounds) was killed while we were
Adelaide, at a time when all our provisions were exhausted, and I can therefore speak with a lasting recollection of
the goodness of its flesh, which sustained me and my party for four days.