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his spare time was spent in studying the new tlora with which he 

 found himself surrounded, and in connection with this work he made 

 expeditions to various parts, then, it must be remembered, difficult 

 of access and peopled with not too friendly natives, such as the 

 Murray scrubs, Guichen Bay, and Mount Brown, the highest point 

 of the Flinders Fiauge, gaining in this way his first insight into the 

 Australian flora, which lie was subsequently destined to do so much 

 to eluciilate. 



Having bought some land in the Bugle Ranges, it was apparently 

 at one time his idea to settle down there and cultivate it. Doubtless 

 he intended to have his home in this spot, and to make, when 

 possible, expeditions in various directions. At any rate, he had 

 already devote 1 a considerable amount of time and energy to 

 collecting plants and noting facts relative to the flora, his earlier 

 papers being written in conjunction with Dr. Bonder, and published 

 in Liniuea. The life on the land did not, however, prove at all 

 attractive, and in a very short time we find him back again in 

 Adelaide, once more engaged in his old occupation. 



In 1852, at the time of the gold rush, be was attracted to this 



