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late in ^growing, and when. only begun to grow, it is like
a ftrong down j however, in fome parts it begins earlier than
others, as. about the mouth, &c. In all of the young
Kangaroos yet brought home (although fome as large as a
full grown eat), they have all the marks of a foetus ; no hairj
ears lapped dole over the head % no marks on the feet of
having been ufed in progreffive motion. The large nail on the
great toé fliarp at the pointy and the frdes of the mouth
united fbmething like the eye-lids of a puppy juft whelped,
having only'& pafïageat the anterior part» This union of
the two lips the iklesdisrof a parlficular ftru&yre, it
wears off as it grows up, and by the time it is of the h?e of
a fmall rabbit, difappears.
O f the Teeth of the Kangaroo.
The teeth o f this animal are fo fingular, that it is
impoffible, from them, to fay what tribe i t is of. There is
a faint mixture in them, corresponding to thole of different
tribes of animals.
Take the,mouth at large, refpeaing the fituation of
the teeth, it would cl'afs in fome degree with the Scalfris
jvf n dent at a j