ENCOUNTER WITH A KANGAROO

Inangahua Times, Volume IV, Issue 11, 4 May 1877, Page 2

ENCOUNTER WITH A KANGAROO

A ratlwr awkward encounter wil& • kangaroo is thus described by the Namoi Independent (N.S.W.):— A« Dr Cater and several other gentlemen of the townwere out riding in the direction of Won* , dobali, they observed a number of kan* giroos some littte disimce from the road,, and immediately gave chase, each gentleman singling out a separate animal. IX* Cater very pluckily followed an "old man " of Tery extraordinary size, and after a very exciting chase, succeeded ia running the brute down, after *htefc ho* dismounted, the kangaroo in the mean* time baring taken up his position against a tree. The doctor nest proceeded to* attack the monster by making a Tery <ie» terinined blow at his bead, which, bow— ercr, he missed, and' the nest the unfortunate gentleman became aware- of was* that he was tightly clasptd round theneck, and a m%t desperate ;Bt,ruq*feensued, all a tenpts on the part of lit 9* d ctor to extricte himself being useless. Fortunately, for himself lie never lost hi* presence of mi id, an I ks a last resource determined, if possible, to r.et bis kni'e flora his poclet, and rui himself of hi* tormentor ; bo>- again fortune- was on the* side of the " old man," for just a* the doctor wa» about to plunge his kn'fe into* the heart of the kangaroo, the weapon* Ml from bis hand, and 1 another deadlystruggle commenced. Wimt the next act in the scene might hare been it is painful to contemplate hid it it not been? , for the limeh arrival of another of the* gentlemen, Mr B. V. Thompson, who mv mediately went to the assistance of his companion, and in a rery short time the* doctor wa» frae and the kangaroo dead*. Beyond a very rough handling and a. slight shock to the nermw systemv the* doctor sustained no other injuries.