1809. G. Shaw, `Zoological Lectures,' vol. i. p. 94:
"The genus <i>Macropus</i> or kangaroo . . . one of the most elegant as well as curious animals discovered in modern times." [Under the picture and in list of contents: Kanguroo.]
1814. M. Flinders, `Voyage to Terra Australis,' Introd. p. lxiii:
"An animal found upon one of the islands is described [by Dampier, `Voyage to New Holland,' vol. iii. p. 123] as `a sort of raccoon, different from that of the West Indies, chiefly as to the legs; for these have very short fore legs; but go jumping upon them' [not upon the short fore, but the long hind legs, it is to be presumed] `as the others do; and like them are very good meat.' This appears to have been the small kangaroo, since found upon the islands which form the road; and if so, this description is probably the first ever made of that singular animal" [though without the name].
1820. W. C. Wentworth, `Description of New South Wales,' p. 57:
"Coursing the kangaroo and emu forms the principal amusement of the sporting part of the colonists.
(p. 68): The colonists generally pursue this animal [kangaroo] at full speed on horseback, and frequently manage, notwithstanding its extraordinary swiftness, to be up at the death."
1833. Charles Lamb, `Essays of Elia' [edition 1895], p. 151, `Distant Correspondents':
"The kangaroos—your Aborigines—do they keep their primitive simplicity un-Europe-tainted, with those little short fore puds, looking like a lesson framed by nature to the pick-pocket! Marry, for diving into fobs they are rather lamely provided <i>a priori</i>; but if the hue and cry were once up, they would show as fair a pair of hind-shifters as the expertest loco motor in the colony."
1833. C. Sturt, `Southern Australia,' vol. I. c. iii. p. 106: