But it has been discovered that there are two kinds, one of which seldom exceeds sixty pounds in weight: these live chiefly on the high grounds: their hair is of a reddish cast, and the head is shorter than in the larger sort.

Young kanguroos which have been taken, have in a few days grown very tame, but none have lived more than two or three weeks.

Yet it is still possible that when their proper food shall be better known, they may be domesticated.

Near some water, in this journey, was found the dung of an animal that fed on grass, which, it was supposed, could not have been less than a horse.

A kanguroo, so much above the usual size, would have been an extraordinary phaenomenon, though no larger animal has yet been seen, and the limits of growth in that species are not ascertained.