ESSAY ON THE KANGAROO.
"The kangaroo is a quadruped, but two of his feet, is only hands. Ha is closely related to the flea family, and. jumps lifko him, and has the same kind of resemblance. He ■: s Australian by birth, and has a watchnocket to carry his children m. Thero is two or more kinds of kangaroos, but they are mostly male an' female, and live on gras^cabbage, and curran buns. Ths kan^aroto tail is his chief support; it is thick at one end, and runs to the other end; it is good to jump with, and the kangaroo when it's cut off don't know his way home, and has to walk on his hands. • The kangaroo is good for making soup and bootlaces and puttmg m zoos, and somatime he is presented to the roil Family to represent Australia."— "Country Exchange."
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NZ Truth, Issue 81, 5 January 1907, Page 7
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143ESSAY ON THE KANGAROO. NZ Truth, Issue 81, 5 January 1907, Page 7
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