THE
LITTLE
HUNCHBACK.
I Tn nine years oi l! an’ vou can’t gueaa how
much b u eigli, I het!
lust b rtlnlaj I wr.glie I thirty «throe t An’ 1
wHidi thirty yet!
I’m awful iltll« iur luysue-I’mpurt’ nigh
lit< lei* an’
foie babies is!—an’ neighbors ull .call me
“The Little Mun!”
Ai ’ Doc one time l.e laughed an’said: “I
’s) e t. lirst thing you know.
You’ll nave udttie spike-tail coat an* travel
u itli a show!”
An’ hen 1 laughed—till I looked round an*
Aunty was a- ryln’—
Sin times she acts like that,’cause I got
• (’urviture of tiie Spine!”
I set-while aunty’s washin’—on my little
long h*g stool.
An watch tiie little boys and girls a skippin*
by to .«-chool;
An’ I peck on the winder an’ holler out au’
sny:
“Who wants to fight the little man ’at dares
you all to-day?”
An’ non tho boys climbs on the fence, an*
litt!<• girl« peeks through,
An’ they all say««: “ ’< ause you're so big, you
1 li nk we’re ’feared o’ you?”
An’ nen •' ev yell, un’ shake their firstat me,
like I shake mine—
Thc\ r>- mist in run. you know, ’cause I got
•‘Curv’tjUre oft! e Spine!”
At evening, when tiie Ironin’s done, an’
Aunty’s fix d tire fire.
An* filled an’ lit tiie lamp, an' trimmed the
wick an’ turned it higher,
An’ fetched the wood all in fer night, an’
lock« <1 tho kitchen door,
An’ stuff •<! the ole crue t where the wind
blows in up through tiie floor­
s’ e «ets the kittle on the coals, an’ biles an’
makes tiie ten,
An’ ir es tiie liver an’ the mush, an’ cooks a
egg lor me;
An’somet'mes—wlien I cough so hard—her
< Iderberry wine
Don’t go so bad for little boys with “Curv’ •
tute of the Spine
I ut Aunty’s all so childish like on my ao
count, you see,
I’m ’most af'-ared she’ll be took down—an’
’nt’s what bother’s me/—
’Cails • et my good ole Aunty ever would git
si< k an’ die,
1 don’t know what she’d do In Heaven—till f
come by an' by—
For she's so ust to all my ways, an’ every­
thing, you know.
An’ no one there like me, to nurse, an’ worry
over so!—
** nu e all the little childrens there's so
ill I ai z lit an’ st rung an' tin«-,
Tiny’s nary angel ’bout tire place with
“t urv'ture of the »pine!”
—.James Whitcomb Hiley, in Chicago Current.
KANGAROO HUNTING,
A Famous Chaso By tho Mel­
bourne Club, of Australia.
How the King of the Maraupialfl is Taken
By Civilised and Uncivilized Sports­
men—The “Old Man” and
the “Blue-Flier.”
(Original, j
A few miles from the old town of
?•! Ivor (which now bears the name of
Heathcote), in Victoria, Australia, and
which lies off the road to the Beech­
worth “diggins,” are the mountains
wh ch art; well known, not only to dig­
gers in search of gold, but also to sport*
ingmcn of Australia, as the resort of
large Hocks of kangaroos at all seasons
of h • year. The view obtained from
th mountaii s in this vicinity of V.c
foi ia is grand and sublime in tho ex-
tiuine, and inmost baffles the power of
description. Standing upon the top of
nm of these mountains, many of which
Hir at least nine hundred feet above the
pla ns, you obtain a view of a wide ex­
panse of country. One sees toward the
east a wide «spreading plain, Sprinkled
w th oe asi< n il dusters of bright green
bushes, and terminated by the hi’ls are
seen scrated ranges of mountains ex­
tend’ng in unbroken chain until lost in
the blue of the sky. On the west you
bel o (I anothi r st leries of mountains ex-
t< nd ng inl.tiid to a great d stance. The
atmosphere is so ch ar at times that
from one of these mountains you can
sec about ore hundred miles around,
It Would be difficult to imagine
n
a
niord del gh'ful temperature and a
more gm al cl mate generally than
Victor in at ths summer season of the
year. The purity of the atmosphere
and th ■ exhiliarating eft'eet which it pro­
duce- upon the human system, is most
remarkable. At no time of day or
year is it "cold.'' (’non the coolest
days at any season of the year the glo-
riiurs tropical sun holds its
_____
* i mastery
over the elements and shines forth to
beautify and v vifv Australia's moun­
tains and pla ns. In the hottest season
of the year, the heat is not. in the
strict sense of the word, oppressive.
Despite the heat that at even this sea­
son prevails, one can enjoy a good gal­
lop of tumty mile« over the plains in
the cooling breezes, which nearly al-
ways are blowing seem ugly to pafliato
the fervor of the sun and to counteract
any depressing tendency it may pos-
sess; espeeially is such a ride enjoyable
with a line kangaroo hunt in view.
lhe way in which Australia sports
men hunt the kangaroo may lie«t bo do-
«!•'. bed by giving the ilie'dents of *
grand hunt g veu in the month of Do
comber. IHiiX, by the Melbourne Hunt
ing Club, in honor of tho Duke of Ed n
burgh upon hs visit to tho island ¡L
that yen-. . I'll" writer and his old friend
and f.imily physician. Dr. J. K. I.
O'D flu ri then residing in Australia
and now a memlier of the Br.tish House
o. Commons were pleased to receive
an invilnti n r un m -mliers of the club
to ac om-iany lhe party, and. having
n a Io all due preparation.«, met its full
lie 11.1 01 S lip, tile Duke a id a few pther
in t -d g. ntlemen at lhe Hi atheofi* Ho
tel on the morning appointed for the
hunt. The pa'ty numliered some fifty
•port-im n and about twenty hounds.
All tilings bo ng in read ne.««. we -et
out about two hours before davl-glit
and rode slowly along toward the
p'ains, some six miles distant, a partv
ot s x -tockmeii hav ng been detailed to
scour the neighboring mountains in ad­
vance mil to drive the kangaroos into
11 e ext-nsive plateau, where the Duke
and pm ty were to bo ill wa ting. The
morning-dawn was exqu sitely del ght-
fill. I he soil, sweet breeze and the
1 g it blue ski were such a» only can be
see i n tropical clime As we emergisl
upon th« pla n wo saw several fine kail
gnroos quietly te d ng at a di«t:in -r. but
l vi »'I', d.ly discovered our approach
a .1 «<aim|>e x*d nwav into the slid
ter ot the n 'ighboring wood. Al
tiiO'igli we kept our dog« w 11 iu hand,
,n general are of a lujfh oraer-w
it was very difficult to prevent them r and found the doe at a stand on the . ttle known, except to those who have 1 when hard pushed m the chase she drops
•
'en
in
Australia,
that
a
quite
detailed
bank
of
a
muddy
pool
keeping
off
the
her
vouug out of the marsupial pouch
from starting otT ufler the living game.
s r ption of the more prom ueut of . , ai to euabl. h r th. mor. «aiily to
I lie vouug dogs, sum# of which bad dogs who were bounding from on« «ids
u: numerous varieties of th* species ..«rope from the hunter and his dogs
>ti'.\ been out upon two or three previ­ to the other barking at her uautiously
nil of their character slit« and habits - When startled by th ■ hunter, thekanga
ous expeditions, had to be continually and keening out et t ns reach of hei
cheeked and kept in the rear to prevent [laws. Tae mom -nt her eve caught sight I « seen in their native wilds —will im- r.,o invariably takes to th. water, 1
l.iubtedly be of more than ord.nary in­ there be anv in the vicinity, and cominj
them from starting ofl' on a little hunt of the figure of th i fo’remost horse
rest. Generally spcalAig, the animal u bay in’ it. st uds erect and fight
on their account; the older and better man, she darted with maddened fun
s tim'd and graceful, and from its nat- fiercely for its life. Should any inex­
trained dogs, as a general rule, kept toward him and struck his horse wit)
ra) disposition, as well as from the
elose beside the horses, awaiting the suc'i force as to bring both horse and
The infuriated beauty and grace of the form and car- perienced dog appro ich too near the en-
« gnat for them to start.
After we had hunter to the ground.
rao-ed animiif he is more than likely to
come to a halt on the plain, under an'mal stumbled over her prostrate foes r age of its bead, one would be almost pav the penalty of his rashness by bi
and
as
she
was
gaining
her
feet
for
a
persuaded
to
think
it
belonged
to
«the
cover of some tall bush, it was only a
d "ith, for the kangaroo hesitates not to
few minutes before we heard the distant fresh attack was saluted with a vollex “deer” family. Its hearing and sight se ze the dog with his forepaws
se ze
from
our
revolvers
and
killed.
ire
both
very
acute;
the
forelegs
are
echoes of the stockriders' whips in
... thrust him under w'atei
Having secured the tails of the kanga­ i cry short, and are used merely to rest and to«
the mountains, apprising us of the near
and hold him there until drowned,
roos
just
killed
to
our
saddles
as
addi
­
upon
when
the
animal
lowers
its
head
approach of the game. Soon we heard
If so pressed as to be unable to read i
the “cooee,” which was the. stock­ tional trophies, we set out upon our re­ i • feed. It is furn shed with long and water, the animal will make a stall I
turn
to
Heathcote.
Coming
to
a
fine
>owerful
hind
legs
or
toes
armed
with
riders’ signal for us to be on the alert for
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w th its back against
a tree, catchin"’
the coining flocks of kangaroo. We all spring of water, we d’snioumted and re­ formidable claws, and upon these, in anv ra4i dog in the same manner and
fresh
d
ourselves
and
horses,
as
we
were
•onjunction
with
its
powerful
tail,
it
rests
waited in breathless silence, for we well
iiiliieting most fearful wounds upon th
knew that at any m >ment the game considerably fatigued, having ridden whenever alarmed and sitting upright, poor brute with the center claw of h -
might appear in the plain like a flash of over thirty miles. Our company now rhe hind legs and the tail are also the powerful h n I foot, frequently npp n '
ightning, and in our very midst. We consisted of nine hunters and five dogs, means of locomotion, the fore legs it open nt a single blow. You rarely
were all eager for the chase and w th the rest of the club having been separ­ 'tinging as useless appendages from see a good kangaroo dog that has not
thrilling interest, such as the hunter ated into small squads and dispers )d far th ■ fore quarters when the animal is at some time or other in his life been
alone can appreciate who has experi­ ! and wide. After a half hour's rest we running, serving perhaps in some slight lacerated in a shocking manner by th
enced the feelings arising in his brea-t leaped into our saddles again and turned I gree as balancing weights. Its speed
« great on level ground and in ascend­ toe of the kangaroo, the scars remain-
when his eye catches th'* first view of our faces homeward, riding leisurely
along near the base of the mountains, ing a hill equaling that of an ordinary in<r aa sad rem'n'sc nees of unwarv
the monarch of the Australian forest.
puppy-hood, the experience ripen'n r
In an instant kangaroos of all sizes, keeping a look-out for any stray kanga­ hound, but the animal is easily over­
o'd and young, came b mnding dow n roos that might be within chasing dis- taken by dog or horse when descending n'o good old <1 >g wisdom. Frequently
lhe mountains in almost incred bl t- nee. We had not proceeded far be­ a declivity, though but a slight one. dogs in their conflict with the kangaro >
ts running movement consists entirely have their hides skinned from shoulder
numbers. Now the hunt began in real fore we espied through the field-glass n
earnest. The kangaroos broke in every numb ir of them grazing about three n a series of leaps or bounds, the full to tail.
The kangaroo dog proper is a cros-
direction upon the plan, generally, miles distant. By k 'ep ng close to the ■rown kangaroo jumping about twelve
•et at one bound. The flesh of the between a grayhounu and a Scotc.i
how, ver. separating themselves into mounts ns we perceived that we would
■ingaroo is lean and insipid, not palat- deerhound. Its strength and fleetn ss
small flocks of from fifteen to twenty. be able to get within less than a mile of
It was indeed a marvelously txc t.ng the game without disturbing them, at bl • to Europeans, but eaten with gusto are great, both which qualities are in-
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usilmen. The cur­ dispmis'ble in hounds hunting the
bushmen.
natives
and 1 h
seme to witness so many of there whereas if we should make straight for by the
strange, long-legged creatures flying them we had reason to expect a long «•ass oftentimes is found to weigh two kangaroo. The coat is shaggy, as a
and of a variety of col-
ox er the ground with prodigious le ips, and lively chase. We chose the former hundred pounds. The tail makes de- rule,
Altogether, it is a haml-
their long, thick tails apparently act ng plan of action, and, after passing 1 c ous soup, and as a rule is the only Ol'S.
aniinal.
and
.............. noble
....... looking
as rudders in the air to aid them in around a mounta'n projection, we part of the animal which is eaten by some
their flight. It is needless to say that came within easy distance upon the Europeans. The sinews of the tail are There are, however, many dogs which
we wasted no time in following the game and immediately gave chase. The used by the aborigines as thread; some are not strictly kangaroo dogs that are
game; instantly putting spurs to our ground was smooth and covered with a of the bones as needles, and the teeth employi d in the chase, but it is usually
steeds, away wo went galloping over short, thick greensward, which offered either as ornaments for the hair, or as found ’ that dogs of the perfect cross
the p'ain in hot pursuit, lhe dogs add­ a splendid opportunity for testing the barbs io “mutachs,” the fishing spear which I have mentioned are most ser-
Tiie well-trained kangaroo
ing to the excitement of the occasion by relative speed of dog, horse and kanga­ of the natives. ¡The aborigines also vieable.
barking and yelping furiously and en­ roo. After a sharp race of three miles utilize the fret of the kangaroo in many dog is highly prized, not only for his
tering fully into the sport of the hunt. we overhauled the game and succeeded ways. The h de of the animal is valu­ acquired hunting habits, but for the
The horses, too, were fully alive to the .11 killing two very fine specimens. These able, and often used by Europeans in natural intelligence so often originally
-port, and went galloping a ross the were the last we captured. The day had making fine boots ami shoes, leggins, displayed. As instancing this intell -
plain regardless of danger from fallen well advanced, and as we began to feel pouches, mats and other articles requir­ gence, it may be stated that should th
r.-cs, over-stretching limbs anil treach­ the promptings of our appetites, and as ing strong and pliable leather. The dog happen to kill the kangaroo before
erous bnrrws with which the ground our horses were pretty well worn out, kangaroo family consists of many va- lhe hunter arrives upon the scone, he
was in some places literally honey­ we again took up the homeward line of riet es. 'Hie great grey kangaroo and eomes quickly back to his master, lies
and powerful “old march and reached Heathcote Hotel r. the red kangaroo are the largest of down by h's side, as if afraid tho other
combed. j A large
o
man” kangaroo was overtaken early little nf.er the noon hour. We had all, some indiv.dual specimens of wh ch dogs might suspect he had killed the
in the hunt, and made a bold -carielv got our horses unsaddled and stand six feet in height.
The adult game an l run off in search of it, should
and desperate fight, First he charg'd en ereil the hotel when different squads male members of the gray kangaroo lie give evidences of his success in a
upon one of the horsem m and of the club began to arrive, all highly variety are styled by sportsmen ami na­ noticeable manner. He lies quietly by
tried to seize him with h's sharp fore- gratified w th the success of the hunt: tives “old men:” and these old men, his master until his master gives the
I aws, which he in'ght well have done, many claim ng that it had been one of when attacked by dogs and hunters, signal to start, when he deliberately
as he stood fully s'x feet high, b it for the most successful expeditions of the fight fiercely and desperately to the last. proceeds to lead the way to his prize,
The Of the red variety, the male and female snarling at the other dogs whene or
the simultaneous attack made upon him kind u; on th • Australian plains.
bv the dogs. Being overthrown by the entire party had forty-eight trophies are dubbed respectively, “red soldier” they run before him and seem likely to
hounds, the “old man” caught one of wlveh of course r 'presented forty-eight and “blue-fTer,'* the f >rrn *r be’ng of a arrive at the spot. So sagacious are
them in his forepaws as he lay on his kangaroos taken in the hunt.
large s:ze and a good fighter, whilst the some dogs that they try to deceive
The Duke of Edinburgh, who was a latter is swift, st-footed of all the kanga­ their associates by going just far
back. and. raising one of his hind legs,
young
man
about
twentv-two
years
of
the
wrong direction
w th one blow from his long and for­
roo tribe, its nimblQ’iess oft1 n putting enough in
midable toe ripped the poor brute open age. and a thoroughly “good fellow.' to severe t?st the speed of the best to start the whole pack oft’ at
so that his entrails protruded. By til’s expressed Irs gratification with the kangaroo dog. The wallaroo is a large full speed in that direction, when the
Il spec’men and very li; n Isome. T he fe­ do<r. who has killed the game, will
time one of the hunters had dismounted day's expl dts in the high 'st terms.
and, approaching the "old man.” dis­ had long b en his des re to participate male has a pretty coat of dark red upon suddenly halt, s'gnal the hunter by a
patched him with a ball froip his re­ in a kangaroo hunt, and this had been the back, with l:ght gray interblended wag of the tail, and dash off to the
volver. We then cut off the kangaroo's the fulfillment of his highest expecta­ with red upon the be’\ y, and a light- game with lightning speed, and there he
tail and fa-tened it to the sadill ■ of one tions. He had with h;s own hand killed ^..
will stand guard over tho carcass until
gray
v .............
colored .................
caudal appen
rl..... ■ lage.
They
of the horses as a trophy of the hunt, four kangaroos, and no doubt has many inhabit the rocks tin I rough sections of the hunter arrives, to whom he ex­
after the universal custom among hunt­ times s'nee referred to the experience' the forests. Th * adult wallaroo, when presses his gratification by a faint wag­
ers of the animal. Hav'ng thus secured of the dav with feel ngs of pleasure if set upon by the hun ers' dogs, seldom ging of the tad. Tho usual method of
the evidences of our first victory, we re­ not of prill . On niv part it was an oc- runs far. but turns short upon his pur­ attack adopted by the kangaroo dog is
newed the chase. After a short gallop cas'on long to be remembered, as it af­ suers and gives battle. His method of to seize the game by the hind foot or
of about two miles we came up with an­ forded a great degree of pleasure on the fighting is somewhat remarkable. Ow- leg and to throw it on its face. Some dogs,
other group of hunters wl i h d killed one hand, and on the other taught me ngto the rocky nature of their habita­ however, aftor getting alongside the
-oine six more kangaroos of various some of the dangers to be encounter, d tion the great claws on tiie hind feet kangaroo will keep pace with it until
s zes, and wore then engaged in a fierce in kangaroo hunting.
are worn away very blunt, and hence the other dogs come up, and then
encounter with two “old men.” who.
The gray and red kangaroo are the they never attempt to rip open the dogs seize the animal bv the throat, holding
w th the’r backs against a tree, were largest animals indigenous to the Aus­ after the manner of some of the other on to be swung about in the struggle
making it lively for the dogs and koep- tralian continent, and when the natives kangaroos,
their that ensues. Such dogs are more like­
ng both them and hunters at. bay. In­ hunt them they get together in large attackers,
anomalous
pro­ ly to be ripped open by the powerful
stantly one of the hunters dismounted force and make preparations for the cedure
a
marsupial. claw of the kangaroo than dogs at­
md. i autiously advene ng toward the hunt much as though they were pre­ On first coming to bay, the animal will tacking in the manner first described.—
;n e, dexterously cut the large tendon paring for war on a large scale. They either get into a waterhole or back up Al'i'ccl Wil!ford, of tin Chicago Demo­
of the hind leg of one of the kangaroos, provide themselves with boomerangs, aga nst some tree or rock, and with cratic Standard.
nh eh so di aided . that it soon became muskets and spears, and range them­ great calmness receive the dogs, and as
an easy prey to the hounds. The other selves in a wide semi-circle atone end of they conie on will strike down one or
THE CIDER CURE.
‘•old man” was al-o finally d sposed of a valley, if possible—if not upon a two with his hind legs and hold them on
in the same manner afti r a hot and se­ plain: each native in the first instance the ground, which if the ground hap­ Its Devo'ees Pronounce It an Infallible
vere contest with both dogs and hunters. being at a considerable distance from pens to be at the bottom of a water­
Hein ily For KhcumatlHin.
I’lie Duke was with this group of hunt­ the other upon either side of him, but hole usually drowns them. The other
The blue-glass craze and the boiling­
ers and took much interest in all its ex­ they gradually come closer together as dogs will then be received by the two
ploits, lies des personally participating they advance toward the center of the little forepaws and be hugged and bit­ water remedy for dyspeps a are now
in manv of them. The ground over semi-circle. The juveniles then set out ten savagely. The next ill size is the succeeded by the c'der cure for gout and
which the Duke and party had just for the momita ns upon either side of wallaby, a species of kangaroo that in­ rheumatism, which, strange to say, is
passed over to this point was very the opposite end of the valley, and by habits either rocky places or scrub receiving the sanction of some of the
rough, full of holes and large stones or dint of yelling, screeching and making hush. The adult is a little larger than best physicians in Europe. Cider must
bowlder«, which were the moro treach­ such a hideous noise that only the wily a good-sized common house cat. It is
erous because of the long grass which savage can do, tbev drive the kangaroo | perhaps the prettiest of tho family as to n such cases be drank sweet, and a cel-
covered them from view. It was when into the valley. They then close in be­ color. The back is a handsome dark brated chemist gives the following
riding over this tract of country that hind the game, and drive it toward the chocolate, which gradually fades into a formula to prepare this cheap and agree
'he Duke received h’s first “christen native hunters stationed at the other ex­ ' light yellow upon the belly. The tail is able beverage: “Cider should be made
ing.” aterm applied by old kangaroo tremity of the valley, who also advance a black and covered with long hair. The of good sound apples and then left to
hunters when both steed and rider falls pace by pace, aided by the barking of face with its light yellow cheeks and f rinentin the barrel. When th • fer-
to the ground. II s horse having step- their dog». .When the animals are thus black forehead is pettily contrasted meutat on has alniest ceased it should
H'd upon a small stone, which became forced into a suftic'ently small space in in colors. The rock wallaby and the be racked oft into a smaller barrel by a
ixed in the hoof, stumbled and threw the center of the c'rcle of natives, the bush wallaby are easily captured in the -ip ion (a rubber tube) from the bun «
lhe Duke, who happily was not so much attack begin«, and what with spear, hunt, as they have a habit of standing of the first barrel into that of the second'
njured as he was chagrined by the ac- boomerang and musket, the holo­ motionless and surveying the hunter, In this way your second barrel will con­
c'dent.
caust oftentimes is well nigh complete. apparently with an eye of curiosity, tain chler almost clear. Let it settle for
Bv this time some of our party had S inietimes the battue is made more before making oft'. This is also to some two or thre • days, b ittie in champagne
idden a considerable distance ahead, effective by setting file to the grass and extent a trait of most other i arietics of bottle.«, cork, wire or fasten the cork
mil our company as a whole had become bru«hwoi.d around the circle, and in­ the kangaroo. Closely allied to the bush with strings, and lay the bottles on their
widely scattered over tho plains. After deed this is quite frequently done.
wallaby is the variety known in the na­ sides. If the cider is bottled too soon, or
a sharp canter through gullies and over
I ll ■ abor gines al so hunt the kanga­ tive vernacular as “Paddy Melow,” a before fermentation Ins almost ceased
ridges for about two miles, ascending a roo s'liglo-nanded, but owing to its corrupt on of “Paddy Alalia.” a pe­ it will bnr.,t the bitties. If this is
lit e ridg i. our party came in sight of natura' w ir n 'ss, this method of hunt­ culiar st'ck. two feet in length, with a likely to happen, stand them up again
a do en or more kangaroos feeding ing is cons «lend very difficult, and is knob at one ci d. called nulla^ nulla, for almost a month; then lay them
about half a mile ofl'. We had good only ad it t d by the most skillful of with which the aborig ne'» kill this kind d iwn aga n. In this way you will keep
ground before us, and we put spurs to native limiters, and usually by only of kangaroo. “Paddy Melow" inhabits your eider sweet f >r more than a rear, ft
our horses for a 1 ghtning gallop. The euli of ho«" as may lie so fortunate as the denser brush or jungles, and is more I will have plenty of “fizz” in ‘it, and
game was soon on tho alert and the to |M> sess mu.-k is. i’he equ'pment of • a« ly obtained, by reason of his slower niakes an excel'ent drink, particularly
llee'.ne«« exhibit«* I by the kangaroos we he native who hunts s nglv is at once movements, than any of the other vari­ in summer.'’ Tho new cure has already
were then pursuing readily convinced
m de and grotesque. He ties a bunch eties of the species. The native regard many adherents, and a beautiful resort
ns that the e were “blue flyers ’ (fe- •i lo g i ra lie gra<« upon his head, him as a most savory article of food in­ i« about to be opened in Devonshire
ma'os). It was with consderable diffi­ v th 111 t sk t n hand, and sallies fort, deed; so highly is he pr'zed in this re- one of the loveli st counties in Fnj^and
culty that we overtook nnv one of
in r ■ lit
i of the game. Seen at a dis «p. ct that they do not allow his skin where the treatment can be carried ot
the flock, and then not until after a a e • t i so pi p >ed. the swarthy savage md entrails to go to waste, but cook under tho mos adiantag ous circum­
iive-mile cha e at our best speed; one of i on' r« . even to th.' discriminating eye him whole. While thus cooking the stances, as is the case with th* ce'e-
lie does drop, pe I her young from her of ma I. ver. like th ■ tufted head and tnimal the nat ves s t around the fire, hra ed grane-cire est bl'shnient« on tho
pouch while fl; lying before us. but was lilacki n d tr ink of the grass tre *, which the males nearest, -with their gins Rhine and AI isclle. A correspondent
at last overtaken and
k lhsi with it s the d- ■ i m of the savage hunter to (wives), lubeas (single women) and in the London Timet cla;ms that he has
two others of tho flock,
The writer « inn t *. Xot m .ch wonder then that piccaninnies (infants) behind th un, and been c ired of rheumatism of lone
ha I the honor of bring ng down one of iv th this guise he succeeds so frequently pull pieces of flesh from the roasting standing by the n«e of o dor, and it
these does, tho first and only large one ill deceii ng tile “old man,” the king earcass and gulp it down in true bar- would b1 well t > t y the experiment in
he had succeeded in capturing during of th • marsupials. Having discovered, bar an fashion. The next in decreasing the midst of s une of our orchard«, sit­
the hunt.
One of tho hounds was by tracking or by chance, about th order in the marsurpial family is the uate 1 in picturesque sites, where thr
running dose alongside her. endeavor­ «P >t li wli.ch a kangaroo is concealed, kangaroo rat. but why called the rat invalid« can pursue their ro tine of
ing to seitc her as she every now and the savage stealthily advances towar does not so clearly appear, inasmuch a« treatment to the beat advantage.— San
then would liend low her head and h s prey, should he startle the anim
when running it more nearly re«embl •« Francifco Chronic'e,
make a dash at him without pausing by the rustling of a leaf or the cracklin
the hare, and but for the tad might
n her career. This was a very grand of a twig under his feet, the kanguro easily be mistaken for tha’ animal.
It
—The sea occupies throe fifths of th«
sight, both dog and kangaroo being makes a bound or two, stand« ere •
makes for itself a species of lair of surface of the earth. At the depth ot
s de by side for about two miles, the and looks almut cautiously to d
dried
grass,
st cks,
etc., within abo’ t thr.*e thousand five hundred fee
dog at last succi-eding in throw ng her, cover, if he can. the cause
wh ch it crouches during tho davt'ni". waves are not felt. Tiie temperature is
md we just came in at tho death. Pur­ alarm. Meanwhile the savage s and«
If startled by any one treading n a the same, varying only a trifle from the
suing the others, but fearful of hurting still as a statue, keep ng so until tho a
ts h d ng place it bounds away in a ice of the pole to tho burning sun of the
the nogs, I refrained from tiring foi inial becomes reconc ied. and sat sti
quick, d dg ng course, wh'ch ofteiitime eipiater. A mile down the water has
some tune. At length, getting a chance. that ho is but a ver table grass tree a'
baffles good kangaroo dogs, and retreat a pressure of over a ton to the square
I aimed a ball behind her shoulder, but resumes browsing. The savage a ra
into some hollow log. wh ther tile do
inch If a box six feet deep were tilleil
it »truck her ribs and penetrated no stealthily moves forward until w ..
can not follow. Bes des tiie rat. then with sea water and allowed toevaporate
deeper than the skin, I delivered an easy range, when he gives a low wh -
s the little bush mouse, a pretty min r un ler the sim then- would be two inches
other ball with better success, and she at wh'ch the kangaroo pricks up
ture marsup al. so small as to alm>
of salt left on the h >ttom. Taking thr
s gan to abate her speed. Tho rest o' cars, suddenly ra ses upon his haune!
•'scape not ce, but nevertheless a kar average depth of the ocean to be thre-
t i • party now cam ■ tip, but tho wound and closely sean« the object« around,
garoo.
m les, there would be a layer of pure
.-d doe had dashed into a swamp, th
th s position the game presents a ti
A pecul aritv of the fem de Kangaro salt two hundred and thirty feet thick
reeds and wild shrubs in whcli war
shot, and th« native hunter ««ldoiu.
n general, which is worthy of rema I on the l>ed of the Atlantic. ’ Tue water
hiffh enough to conceal both horse an< ever, tails to bring It down.
from its apparent variation from th ’• colder at th« bottom than at th« »ur
d.>r. Nevertheless, wp pushed throng
The kangaroo is comparatively i ■ natural inst.ucta of th« sp«c es—wh c: face.—A'. F. Tnilwia»
THAT YELLOW COMPLEXIo»
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