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a Bird which I send to Ld Sydney may merit your attention, it differs from the Ostrich & from the Emu. I have seen several but it is very difficult to get within Shot of them. Black Swans are seen frequently but only one has been killed. The situation of the Penis in the Kangurroo appears to me uncommon between the Anus & the Testicles, & very close to the former. This Animal grows to a great size, one has been killed that weigh'd very near Two hundred weight, & one was found dead in the Woods, the Tail of which I have, that measures Eighteen inches in circumference. The procuring Shelter & Security for our selves & provisions has giving full employment, but I have made some excursions in order to examin the Country round us, the difficulty of which you, My Dear Sir, can form a just Idea of, inland there is a Country in wch: