About four o’clock
It was a repulsive-looking animal , a foot and a half long , but , as Paganel chanced to kill it , of course he thought it charming . `` An adorable creature , '' he called it . But the most interesting event of the day , by far , was the kangaroo hunt . About four o'clock , the dogs roused a troop of these curious marsupials . The little ones retreated precipitately into the maternal pouch , and all the troop decamped in file . Nothing could be more astonishing than the enormous bounds of the kangaroo . The hind legs of the animal are twice as long as the front ones , and unbend like a spring .