A P P E N D I X , No. VI.
N o , 3 .__T h e b o y s w e r e le ft feated at th e Y o o - la h n g fo r ab out h a l f
an h o u r ; d u r in g w h ic h th e a& o r s w e n t d ow n in to a v a lle y near th e
p lac e , w h e r e th e y fitted th em fe lv e s w i th lo n g tails made o f gra fs,
w h ic h th e y fatten ed to th e h in d e r p a r t o f th e ir gird le s , inftead o f
th e fw o rd , w h ic h was laid afide d u r in g th e fcene. B e in g eq u ip p ed ,
th e y p u t th em fe lv e s in m otion as a h e rd o f k an g oo ro o s , n ow jum p in g
a lo n g , th en ly in g d ow n and fc ra tch in g th em fe lv e s , as th o fe animals do
w h e n b a lk in g in the fun. O n e ' man beat tim e to th em w i th a c lub on
a Ihield, w h ile tw o others armed , attended th em all th e w a y , p retend in
g to fteal u p on th em u n o b fe rv ed and fp ear th em .
T h is w a s emblematical o f o n e o f th e ir fu tu re e x e rc ife s , th e h u n tin g
o f th e k a n g o b ro o . . ,
T h e fcene w a s a lto g e th e r yvhimfical and c u r io u s ; th e v a lle y w h e r e
th e y equip ped themfelves w a s v e r y rom an tic , and th e o cc a fio n e x tra o
rd in a r y and p e r fe c t ly n o ve l.