At such time they move gently about like all other quadrupeds, on all fours; but at the slightest noise they spring up on their hind legs and sit erect, listening to what it may proceed from, and if it increases they bound off on those legs only, the fore ones at the same time being carried close to the breast like the paws of a monkey; and the tail stretched out, acts as a rudder on a ship.

In drinking, the kangaroo laps.

It is remarkable that they are never found in a fat state, being invariably lean.

Of the flesh we always eat with avidity, but in Europe it would not be reckoned a delicacy.

A rank flavour forms the principal objection to it.