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Aug. \Oth. — During the continuance of this day's jour- 

 ney, which began at the customary hour, and with agree- 

 able weather, we traversed some magnificent forest land, 

 beautifully watered, and lying chiefly at the base of the high 

 peak of Flinders' Mountain. Our halt did not take place 

 till five o'clock, when we had travelled nearly twelve miles. 



Aug. Wth. — A strong desire to return by the first vessel 

 to Port- Jackson, carrying thither the largest possible collec- 

 tion of living plants from the banks of the Brisbane River, 

 induced me to quit the party this morning, and to accompany 

 Capt. Logan back to Brisbane Town. We therefore set off 

 at eight o'clock, and, travelling all day in a due southerly 

 direction, reached the town at night, having traversed twenty- 

 five miles of tolerably good country. Mr. Cunningham, 

 with three men and two oxen, proceeded to the westward, 

 in order to connect his former survey with the present one. 



From the period of my return till I embarked for Port- 

 Jackson, I was busily employed in securing my collection of 

 dried plants, completing that of living ones, and laying out 

 the rest of the New Garden. 



Since the above was written, Mr. Cunningham has returned, 

 having accomplished his object of connecting his route and 

 observations of last year with those made during the present. 

 This he did without any difficulty; thus establishing, beyond 

 doubt, the practicability of forming a road from the shores of 

 Moreton Bay to the immense open country west of the 

 Dividing Range. 



Charles Fraser. 



Stdket, bth February, 1829. 



VOL. I. 



