Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 308
es call it, orRiver Kangaroo (Macropus Fluviensis). The forteof the river kangaroo, as of his tribe generally, isleaping. He can beat the great kangaroo of Aus-tralia at long jumps, while at high jumps he canlick any living thing except the cow that jumpedover the moon, and Macbeth, who was… … But the lions and panthers are more knowingthan they used to be. When the river kangaroo istired out and overtaken, he tries to baffle his pur-suer by a series of springs, about a hundred feethigh. These give him less labor than long jumps,for the balls of his feet are more elastic and re-bound…
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