THE
LEGEND OF KUPIRRI,
OR
The Red Kangaroo.

“In former times, one of the species, inhabited Port Lincoln, hisname was Kupirri, he was of stupendous size, and devoured allthose who attempted to spear him. His very appearance inspired thenatives with overwhelming terror, so that they lost all presence ofmind, even flinging away their midlahs. At last, however, a matchwas found for the monster Kangaroo, in two renowned hunters, Pillaand Inda, who, falling upon its track near Port Lincoln, on therange stretching to the North, followed and overtook it on MountNilarro. Finding it asleep, they at once attacked it, but beforethey could quite kill it, their spears became blunt; they thenquarrelled with each other, and Pilla stabbed his antagonist withone of the blunt spears, in many places, while he himself receiveda severe blow[vi] over his nose. Becoming reconciled, the friendsagain attacked and killed Kupirri and, on opening it, found, totheir utter astonishment, the dead bodies of their comradespreviously devoured by the monster. Being no less skilled in themedical art than in hunting, they succeeded in reviving and healingthese unfortunate men. They all then betook themselves to roastingand devouring Kupirri in return. The feast over, and their bodiescomfortably greased, they returned to their mourning families, whoreceived them with every demonstration of joy at the happytermination of their adventures. The two heroes were afterwardsmetamorphosed into, and gave origin to, two spec

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