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feet hig'h^ the straig-lit trunks rising- twenty or thirty 

 feet from the gTound to the branches^ being- covered 

 with blossoms, with which not a leaf mingled. 

 There w^ere ripe and unripe fruit ming-led with the 

 blossoms, the scent of the latter being- delig*htful, 

 spreading- perfume over a great distance around ; I 

 had frequently noticed the frag-rance of these blos- 

 soms while passing- throug-h the scrub, but could 

 not before make out from whence it arose. It resem- 

 bles the scent of a ripe pine-apple, but is much more 

 powerful. There are not many of these trees to be 

 found, and those only in the scrub, in a stiff loamy 

 soil. The small animals eat the fruit, and I tasted 

 some, but it was not so g"ood as the rose-apple j we 

 called it the white-apple. It is a species of Ungenia. 



A short distance to the south-west of our camp, 

 is a range of round hills, of moderate heig'ht, 

 covered with g-rass, and thinly timbered with box 

 and other species of eucalyptus, resembling- the 

 ii'on-bark. These hills are composed of huge blocks 

 of coarse g-ranite, with a stiff soil, and appear to 

 stretch a long- distance to the west. 



Jidy 1st.— Mr. Kennedy returned this morning-, 

 having* explored the country for about forty miles, 

 over which he thoug-ht we mig-ht travel safely. 

 There being- plenty of g-rass however at the camp, 

 and the men no better, he determined to defer our 

 advance till Monday. 



Jul/j 2nd. — Being- Sunday, prayers were read at 

 eleven o'clock. 



