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A KANGAROO-HUNT FROM SHINGLE HUT
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A little further on the huntsmen sighted a mob of kangaroos. Joy and excitement. A mob? It was a swarm! Away they hopped. Off scrambled the dogs, and off flew Paddy Maloney and Dave—the rest followed anyhow, and at various rates of speed.

That all those dogs should have selected and followed the same kangaroo was sad and humiliating. And such a

"Off Flew the Winkers!"