the largest Kangaroo, Macropusgiganteus, Zimm.
1832. J. Bischoff, `Van Diemen's Land,' vol. ii. p. 27:
«There are three or four varieties of kangaroos; those mostcommon are denominated the forester and brush kangaroo.»
1847. L. Leichhardt, `Overland Expedition,' p. 423:
«I called this river the `Red Kangaroo River,' for inapproaching it we first saw the red forester of PortEssington.»
1862. H. C. Kendall, `Poems,' p. 67:
«And the forester snuffing the air
Will bound from his covert so dark.»
1880. Mrs. Meredith, `Tasmanian Friends and Foes,' p. 15:
«We have never had one of the largest kind – – the ForesterKangaroo ( Macropus gigantes) – – tame, for they have beenso hunted and destroyed that there are very few left inTasmania, and those are in private preserves, or very remoteout-of-the-way places, and rarely seen. . . . The aboriginescalled the old father of a flock a Boomer. These were oftenvery large: about five feet high in their usual position, butwhen standing quite up, they were fully six feet . . . andweighing 150 or 200 pounds.»
1890. Rolf Boldrewood, `Miner's Right,' c. xix. p. 181:
«The dogs . . . made for them as if they had been a brace ofstray foresters from the adjacent ranges.»