Inches.
Extreme length 7 3 Ditt of the tail 3 4 1/2 Ditto of the hinder legs 3 2 Ditto of the fore paws 1 7 1/2 Circumference of the tail of the root 1 5 -- ---------------------------------------------------------------- After this perhaps I shall hardly be credited, when I affirm that the kangaroo on being brought forth is not larger than an English mouse.
It is, however, in my power to speak positively on this head, as I have seen more than one instance of it.
In running, this animal confines himself entirely to his hinder, legs, which are possessed with an extraordinary muscular power.

Their speed is very great, though not in general quite equal to that of a greyhound; but when the greyhounds are so fortunate as to seize them, they are incapable of retaining their hold, from the amazing struggles of the animal.

The bound of the kangaroo, when not hard pressed, has been measured, and found to exceed twenty feet.
At what time of the year they copulate, and in what manner, we know not: the testicles of the male are placed contrary to the usual order of nature.
When young the kangaroo eats tender and well flavoured, tasting like veal, but the old ones are more tough and stringy than bullbeef.

They are not carnivorous, and subsist altogether on particular flowers and grass.

Their bleat is mournful, and very different from that of any other animal: it is, however, seldom heard but in the young ones.
Fish, which our sanguine hopes led us to expect in great quantities, do not abound.