felled, which is so large that it could not be cut into 

 lengths for splitting, and a shed has been erected against it, 

 the tree serving for the back." Another tree, at Emu Bay, 

 supposed to be two hundred and fifty feet high, was fifty-five 

 and a half feet round at five feet from the ground, and nearly 

 seventy feet in circumference at the surface of the ground. 

 " My companions spoke to each other, when at the opposite 

 side of this tree to myself, and their voices sounded so dis- 

 tant that 1 concluded they had inadvertently left me, to see 

 some other object, and immediately called to them. They, 

 in answer, remarked the distant sound of my voice, and 

 enquired if I were behind the tree ! When the road through 

 this forest was forming, a man, who had only about two 

 hundred yards to go, from one company of the work people 

 to another, lost himself: he called and was repeatedly an- 

 swered ; but getting further astray, his voice became more 

 indistinct, till it ceased to be heard, and he perished." — 

 The bark of various species of Eucalyptus affords a great 

 quantity of Tannin, and a manufactory has been established 

 at Van Diemen's Land for the preparation of the extract, 

 which has been largely imported into England, and it has 

 been said by Tanners to be twice as powerful in its opera- 

 tion as Oak bark. Many yield an essential oil of the cha- 

 racter of Cajeput, and somewhat resembling spirit of tur- 

 pentine, in which camphor has been dissolved. From E. 

 globulus (Blue Gum) it is obtained by distillation, or by 

 boiling the young shoots and skimming the oil from the 

 surface. It has been used with success by my friend Robert, 

 Officer of New Norfolk, in cases of rheumatism, as an ex- 

 ternal application, especially among the patients in the 

 government hospital under his charge. Considerable quan- 

 tities of Gum are also extracted from the different species of 

 Eucalyptus, whence the name of " Gum Tree." One kind, 

 resembling gum Kino, is extracted from Eucalyptus resini- 

 fera, and is collected at the rate of a shilling a pound. 

 That from a species, called in New South Wales " Blood 

 Tree;' is heated in shells by the blacks of Lake Mac- 

 quarrie, and applied to external sores to make them heal. 

 E. virgata? is the White Gum, which, from wounds on its 

 shoots and the cartilaginous margins of the leaves, produces 

 the manna of Van Diemen's Land. It is white, sweet, and 

 well-flavoured, and falls (sometimes in considerable abun- 

 dance) about the trees in dry weather in small, irregular 

 pieces. Another Eucalyptus, on the mountains of Van 

 Diemen's Land, is called the " Cyder Tree;" it yields a 



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