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of whom returned to breakfast, the other had lost himself. 
After waiting for him several hours, we fired some shots, 
which had the effect of leading him to us, though without 
any game. We spent some time in arranging our specimens 
of plants, and then proceeded towards the lakes, the first and 
smallest of which we reached in about two hours. Here I 
found a Veronica, which I had never seen before, with deeply 
divided leaves. While walking through some underwood, a 
kangaroo started before us, which I succeeded in shooting. 
The next, or middle lake, was soon insight. Here we heard 
the noise of dogs, which was attributed to a party of blacks 
hunting. While walking along a plain leading to lake 
Arthur, we discovered a herd of what we thought wild cattle, 
but, on shooting one of them, we found it to be branded with 
the letters J. J., and soon after we were surprised at seeing a 
flock of sheep. We arrived at the largest lake, called Lake 
Arthur, and in the evening shot one of the numerous ducks, 
which frequent it. 
January 19. (Thermometer 53°, 80°; at Formosa, 63°, 
70°.) This morning we took about 14lbs. of meat from the 
bullock we had killed; but while sitting down to breakfast 
upon the spoil, three men arrived, who turned out to be the 
overseer and stock-keepers belonging to a Mr. Jones of 
Jericho, the proprietor of the cattle and sheep we had seen, 
and who had settled in this neighbourhood only a week 
before. We were glad of this opportunity to explain what 
we had done, and found the overseer so civil that he even 
invited us to his hut. Here I saw Bellendena montana in 
flower, and an Epacris new tome. We remained near the 
lake all day, gathering several rare plants, and one in parti- 
cular, belonging to the Order Composite, which I had never 
before seen. 
The scenery about Arthur’s Lakes is by no means so pic- 
turesque as it is generally reported to be, though it must be 
owned that the largest of the three is a fine sheet of water. 
The most easterly, or smallest lake, is but a mile long, sur- 
rounded by marshes, and the southwestern end is very reedy. 
