San Francisco vindicator. [volume] (San Francisco, Cal.) 1884-1???, 1889-02-16
u,,Nr,Nc THE KANGAROO.
so,n. of the Exciting Incidents
Australian Hunters See

Akargoroo hunt in the Australian
bush is AS dangerous as IL Is eA'as
according To gentleman VINO ST.,
three or four months IN follo"ins tno
lonU-limbed animal. These animals
are sometimes six feet in height, wiz"
short front legs, while the nina CUES
are long and massive. carving a''l"s'
the entire weight of the body. ana per-
m;ttinv them To take long springs
KANGAROO frequently covers iifteen ieet
nj a spring, aud is even swlfter tha1
the ostrich. They are graceful ti"l'u
creatures, except when cornered' anu
then their long ialons ana great
strength do terrible execution "a
blow from the short front leg can zen
. man. while their claws, when are
xharu and pointed. tear the flesh as II
cut With 4 knife. At the approach OF
a man ar animal they instantly hee'
gathering the young in the pouch oe-
Meath the belly which nature has sun
piled them for the purpose. 1neE la''
at the first fire. so tender is their n"sh'
but many an excited hunter has been
laid low By their death blow.
Starting out early one morning, ih-
tending To be gone month, the mar
rator. accompanied BY friend ranch
jnu i'm the bush and two natives. trav-
cled for several hours through Inc
dense haIf-growth, SO like a jungle.
before any signs of game met their
ewes. While coming out of timex
eopse of woods one of the dogs val
liable English pointer, came t" stanu'
and the native went forward to see the
cause of il. They returned In few
minutes and reported a family of kan
garoos feeding ON the herb-line crest
of a knoll. The hunters then went
forward, surrounding the spot where
the amin us were feeding. Ihe
pointer broke away from the leash.
and, with n yeIp, jumped into the
square where the animals were. lhe
party worked in toward the game,
and in reaching the clearing saw the
body of the dog lying on the ground.
his BODY torn completely open by
blow from the female Kangaroo, who
was guarding Young Que few feet
away. Upon seeing the hunters the
three animals turned and fled. but q
volley from the hunters laid the female
low. The male sped into tue brush In
, a few leaps, and was lost to sight
The writer, on his first hunt, was so
excited by the prospect of a trophy
that ne sprang toward the female. "
ing almost motionless OH the ground,
and sought to drag tile young ore
from beneath her. A few feet only
separated him from the ANIMAL, when
one of the natives pulled him. and
thereby saved his life, for the female
threw her whole body forward, aim
ing quick deadly blow, which would
have inflicted painful if not fatal
wound but for the natives interven-
ton. A bullet SOON put an end to her.
but not before she had gashed the
shoulder of one of the natives and in
iured another dog. The young one
also showed fight. but was soon dis
patched. The male fingered about
and the party could hear his chirp-
like call to his mate. A native, with
| our last dog, was sent to round him
up, and an hour afterward found the
dogs body in shreds and the native
pretty badly used up. The skin of the
female measured over ak feet. and the
flesh of the young one made palata'
bic supper that night-St. Louis GLOBE
| Democrat.