The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1873-06-19
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come some relief in these miseries. |
first encountered another horseless man,
then second companion in misery, and
at last groom with my own little nag.
As for the run, that, rs regarded me,
was, of course, over; but had legs
besides my own to take me back twelve
miles to the place at which | was
stopping.
AS far as 1 could learn they ran drag
on that occasion for about seven miles,
and then came upon turned-down
dingo. This animal they took alive
after two miles. The sporting reader
will perceive from this that an appear
ance was maintained of finding game,
and hunting the game to the end. The
Melbourne hounds do also hunt deer,
sometimes turning down a deer from n
cart as we do Mt home, and sometimes
finding n wild-deer. The sport, as |
saw it in the neighborhood of Melbune.
was as | have described.
But, previously to this, had hunted
kangaroos in Queensland and New South
Wales, and | will say word or two as
to that sport. | confess that, in the
absencs of fox-huGting, / enjoyed it
vory much. Four of us went out in
Queensland with four kangaroo-dogs
amid timber that was not thick, and
found game in plenty. The kangaroo
dog, having that special name through
out the colonies quite as assuredly ms
any kind of hound has his own name in
England, is large, rough greyhound,
that hunts both by sight and by nose.
The difficulty consists in getting the
dogs to settle upon any one head of
game, and to settle upon the one kanga-
roo which the sportsman may select.
And, indeed. there is the further diff.
Guilty of getting the men who are out tc
| ioin in the same choice. The hounds
scatter and the men scatter, and it will
often happen that man is attempting
to ride down n kangaroo without hound
making the same attempt without a
rider. We found kangaroos i'll very
| large mobs, on one occasion | should
think some hundreds of them together.
On such occasions great deal of cross
riding takes place before any united ac-
ton can be effected. If possible, very
large, or Goldman kangaroo should
be cut out and followed. They are very
stout in running, but not so fast as the
does and young ones. If young
kangaroo gets the chance of falling
ground in his favor, he bounds at every
leap to such distance that it is imposs-
ible to keep near him. 1t is, of course,
known by all readers that the kangaroo
runs, or rather jumps, with his hind
legs only. When not molested, his
arms come near to the ground, but,
when pursued, he carries them high,
and looks like some mixture of n man
and deer springing through the forests.
The pace in hunting them is always very
quick, and it is necessary to turn with
the greatest rapidity among the forest
trees. Ten minutes or n quarter OF an
hour will generally see the end of run.
BY that time either tho hounds are at
the throat of the animal, or else he has
made good his escape. We killed, [
think, seven in two days, and had other
runs in which we lost our prey. The
Goldman kangaroo, when hard press
ed, will turn round and fight the
hounds, or fight the man who comes NJ
to knock him over. And he fights with
great power, inficting trrrible wounds
with his fore-paws.
In New South Wales l saw kangaroo
which we were hunting catch up a ter
rier in his arms, and carry the little ami
nal in his embrace throughout the run
He was not, however, able to hurt tin
dog, who, when the affair was over
seemed to come quite undismayed on
of his difficulty. And 1 saw also fe
male kangaroo, when the hounds wer
after her, throw her kid out of TIN
pouch in which she carriedit. On tha
occasion the kid was killed and tin
mother escaped. They will carry thei
young one as long as it is possible TO
them, and then throw him out almos
without losing a stride.
In this hunting there is not mucl
Jumping but what there is requires (
very quick horse. The turns are rapid
and the ground is strewed by postrat'
forest-trunks. There is danger, too
of riding against trees. This, on one
occasion, 1 did with great force !; and
could not use my leg for six weeks after
the accident. In default, however, OF
any thing better, kangaroo-hunting is
good sport.
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