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with a loss of only five or six. Mr M'Donnel's loss was 

 mostly last year's lambs; and myself and sons, when taking 

 our cattle over the Toodjay district, lost all the young cattle 

 that were sucking, about six months old at the time." 



The second letter was dated "Guildford, December 6, 

 1840." 



*' I wrote you lately from King George's Sound, by Mr 

 Taylor,* with some few remarks on the botany between this 

 place and the Sound, a distance of about three hundred 

 miles, during which I crossed six considerable rivers; 1st, 

 the Dale, distant about eighty miles south by east from 

 Freemantle; 2d, the Hotham, about forty miles further; 

 3d, the William, about twenty-six miles; 4th, the Arthur, 

 (Calgil of the natives), about twenty miles; 5th, the Beau- 

 fort, (Guanerup of the natives), about twenty miles ; 6th, 

 the Gordon (Packilgenup of the natives), about fifty miles. 

 The Dale runs from west to east, and falls into the 

 Avon ; the others run from east to west, and fall into 

 the sea or other rivers; little however is known of their 

 courses. Several no doubt are the same rivers that are 

 known by different names at the coast. I was unable to 

 visit Mount William or Saddleback on my return, for want 

 of provisions, as they happened to be without a supply at the 

 military stations which were near them. The highest hills 

 which I did examine, were about twelve to fifteen hundred 

 feet high, and of the same description as those I sent you an 

 account of by the Shepherd, The Xarithorr/iceas^ so abun- 

 dant in the Swan and York districts, with the exception of a 

 dwarf species, (either the common underground kind, or 

 nearly allied to it,) disappear on the Dale, and do not occur 

 all the way to the north of Mount Bachu, nor to within 

 thirty miles of King George's Sound. To the south of 

 Mount Bachu, a broad-leaved arboreous species, different 

 from our Swan River kinds, is common. Between Mount 

 Bachu and the Sound is a sort of moorish land, with streams 



• This letter lias not vet come to hand. 



