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Kangaroos were a great article of provender; the travellers chased them with dogs, so long as the dogs lasted, but these perished, little by little, until at last only one remained, Spring by name, a useful and valiant brute, covered with honourable scars. He was of the breed known as the kangaroo-dog, was exceedingly stanch and valuable, and the means of obtaining a vast deal of game.
One peculiarity of the kangaroo-dog is, that though he has no faculty of scent at the service of his master, he can smell food through half-inch boilerplate; and he rivals Trenck or Monte Cristo in making way through any obstacle which may stand between him and the object of his desires. The clattering of the oven-lid roused Jack. He looked up, and then left his bed.
I'll just stop with these bullocks till it's light enough to count them out of the paddock. "So we stayed there yarning all night, and in the morning we settled-up, and he saw me out of the paddock. Nicest, civilest fellow you'd meet; but no more conscience than that kangaroo-dog of Tom's. He and Bat had been four or five years away north toward the Gulf, and had just come down.
Among other presents I received a fine and valuable kangaroo-dog from my friend, Captain Sturt, and which had fortunately arrived safely, and in excellent condition. The bran and oats which I had applied for had been most liberally provided, so that by remaining in depot for a few weeks longer, we might again hope to get our horses into good condition.
These three were mates from habit and not necessity, for it was all shallow sinking where they worked. They were poking down pot-holes in the scrub in the vicinity of the racecourse, where the sinking was from ten to fifteen feet. Dave had theories 'ideers' or 'notions' he called them; Jim Bently laid claim to none he ran by sight, not scent, like a kangaroo-dog.
Just when he said "Lead us not into temptation" the big kangaroo-dog slipped in and grabbed all the fresh meat on the table; but Dave managed to kick him in the ribs at the door. Dad groaned and seemed very restless.
The publican tried to argue it out with him. He said you couldn't place a kangaroo-dog second in a horse-race. Then the publican called the judge a cow. The judge was willing; a rip, tear, and chew fight ensued, which lasted some time. The judge won. Fifteen protests were lodged against our win, but we didn't worry about that we had laid the stewards a bit to nothing.
I asked, in the tone you should always use towards women. A dimple stole into each beautiful cheek as she nodded assent. "Well, Mr. Q authorises Miss Jemima to give me the kangaroo-dog." "Come this way, then, please." There was a slight flush of vexation on the girl's face now.
They are similarly quite unreliable in their affections. They are not good watch dogs, and take little interest in chasing cats. They look on a little dog that catches rats much as a great musician looks on a cricketer it's clever, but it isn't Art. Hunting and fighting dogs are the gladiators of the animal world. A fox-hound or a kangaroo-dog is always of the same opinion as Mr.
The absence of the owners, though desirable, would not have been absolutely necessary to the performance which followed, for a kangaroo-dog can abstract food with a motion more silent and certainly more swift than that of a gnomon's shadow on a sun-dial. So I returned to the scene of interest, accompanied by Bunyip and Pup.
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