when we were quite cloſe to them; but we were ſo little prepared for ſuch good fortune, that we were not able to kill a ſingle bird.
A high wind ſprung up towards night, which ſeemed to threaten rain. As we had no place of ſhelter near us, we were obliged to ſleep in the open air. We conſtructed a fence againſt the wind with branches, under ſhelter of which it was eaſy to kindle a large fire.
11th. On the following day we directed our courſe eaſtward, and traverſed a vaſt plain, beſet in many places with marſhes, where the plants with which they are overgrown conceal the danger one is expoſed to in paſſing through them. The water collected in the loweſt ſituations gives riſe to a number of very fine rivulets.
A very large kangarou ſprang out of a buſh about four paces from me. I pointed my gun at him, but it miſſed fire, and the animal walked off very compoſedly, following one of thoſe tracks through the thicket which they uſually frequent. Theſe tracks are covered paſſages which croſs each other in every direction, and run very cloſe one to another. The numerous prints of the feet of thoſe quadrupeds obſervable upon them, ſhew that they abound in this country. The beſt way of catching them would be to hunt them with dogs, as they generally keep themſelves in
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