Harper's story booksA series of narratives, dialogues, biographies, and tales, for the instruction and entertainment of the youngEmbellished with numerous and beautiful engravings . hind legs, while their fore legs aredwindled down to a very small size. In fact, they scarcely usetheir fore legs at all. It is very hard to catch a kangaroo, they jump so fast and sofar. Sometimes they clear twelve or fifteen feet at every bound,and of course, while they are hopping over the ground at that rate,the swiftest dog can not overtake them. In the opposite engraving you see a company of savage huntersin
Harper's story booksA series of narratives, dialogues, biographies, and tales, for the instruction and entertainment of the youngEmbellished with numerous and beautiful engravings . hind legs, while their fore legs aredwindled down to a very small size. In fact, they scarcely usetheir fore legs at all. It is very hard to catch a kangaroo, they jump so fast and sofar. Sometimes they clear twelve or fifteen feet at every bound,and of course, while they are hopping over the ground at that rate,the swiftest dog can not overtake them. In the opposite engraving you see a company of savage huntersin Australia breaking into a pack of kangaroos, and killing all thatthey can. They have already killed some, and they are now kill-ing more. There is a w4iite man in the company, and he is mount-ed upon a horse. He is armed with a spear, and he is riding inamong the poor frightened animals, and striking at them with hisspear. The hunters, in this case, took their game by surprise ; that is,they found where the flock was, and then they crept up softly tothe place, some on one side and some on the other, and finally THE KANGAROOS. 131 The spears. A tame kangaroo is very ^--r-^^H^^ i l, l. It /& : ,v [UNTING KA>GABOOS. burst upon them all together from thickets and bushes, armedwith long and slender, but sharp-pointed spears. The flock werequietly feeding before, but when the alarm came and they at-tempted to escape, they perceived that they were found enemies on every side, as you see in the picture. Thus,before they could make their escape, a great many were killed. Sometimes the savages catch a kangaroo and tame him. Hecan be tamed very easily. In two or three days he becomes astame and playful as a kitten. It is a verv amusing sicrht to see 132 THE CATTLE HUNT- Contrast between the kangaroo and the serpent. Wild cattle in Australia. him feeding on the grass, near the door of the hut, leaping everynow and then through the air, like a grasshopper, to so
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