. Die australischen Wanderer, oder die Abenteuer von Captian Spencer, seinem Pferd und Hund . hichDiese unhöflichen Eingeborenen hätten alle europäischen Spieler in den Trotz stellen können.* die Känguruhjagd wurde dann organisiert, und Kapitän Spencer, montiert auf Tiger, wurde voreingestellt; Da er nun auf sie warten mußte, ritt er zu Theriver und war überrascht zu sehen, wie seine eigentümlichen Pflanzen seit seinem letzten Besuch blühten: Die Geranien waren in voller Blüte, und der vollblühende und bemerkenswerte Doryanthes excelsa mit seinen langen, breiten, Aloe-ähnlichen Blättern war in all seiner Pracht. Die Jagdparty nahm ihren Weg zum Pot wo t

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. The Australian wanderers, or The Adventures of Captian Spencer, his horse and dog . hichthese rude natives could have set all the Europeanplayers at defiance.* The Kangaroo hunt was then organized, andCaptain Spencer, mounted on Tiger, was readyfirst; so having to wait for them, he rode to theriver, and was surprised to see how its peculiarplants had flourished since he had last been there :the Geraniums were in full blossom, and thesplendid and remarkable Doryanthes excelsa, withIts long, broad, aloe-like leaves, was in all its splen-dour. The hunting-party took their way to thespot where they were sure of meeting with Kan-garoos : it was no longer the stealthy, artful at-tack of the nitive, whose wives and children lieflat on the ground, scarcely daring to breathe whilehe gets near to hir game; it was not the followingof a single man upon its track for three successivedays, till the animal, worried and tired, lies down, careless whether it live or die ; but it was a regu-lar battue. A plain in which the Kangaroos wereCoeding was encir:;l3i by wood, and the older men. AUSTRAI. IAN WANDERERS. 331 assigned stations to the younger, so as to curroundthe animals before they were conscious that ene-mies were approaching. They gradually narrowedthe circle till one became alarmed, and boundelaway; but before it had proceeded far, it wasstopped by the most terrific and hideous shouts;it returned to its companions, and they were para-lysed with fear ; the natives then dashed on themwith their spears, and effected a great slaughter.The prey belongs to him whose spear has firsttouched it, however slight the wound may be ; andif, according to their laws, he is too young to eat it, it is given to his nearest male relation who is ofthe proper age. The cries used in this hunt arepeculiar for every stage of it, and the first is a harshutterance of the syllable kau. Many were thefuiists held that r.ight, and large was the quautiiyeaten; but the Englishman was not forgotten inthe dis

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