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forming- a train of twenty-six horses^ followed by 

 the slieep^ and Mitchell occasionally sounding- a 

 horn he had broug'ht with him. 



We all felt the inconvenience of leaving- the carts 

 behind^ and I in particular. I was now oblig-ed to 

 make two strong* bag's to fit my specimen boards^ 

 and to hang' them over a horse's back^ one bag* on 

 each side^ a very inconvenient method^ as it rendered 

 them liable to much damag'e g'oing- throug"h the 

 scrub. The sheep at this time had g-rown very thin 

 and poor^ not averag'ing" more than thirty pounds 

 when skinned and dressed ; they had^ however, 

 become so habituated to folloAving- the horses that 

 they cost us very little trouble in driving- them. 



After travelling" about six miles throug-h open 

 forest land we camped near a creek on the skirts of 

 a thick scrub. 



July 19f/i.— We were cutting- throug-h scrub all 

 day, skirting- numerous small creeks which we met 

 with here, most of them running- to the eastward. 

 The soil was rather stiff, and indicated a rocky 

 formation, blocks of g-ranite projecting- from it in 

 various directions. 



July 20th, 21st, and 22nd.— 'Dm'mg these three 

 days we travelled over an irreg'ular, mountainous 

 country, intersected by numerous creeks, running- in 

 every direction, but all of them with belts of scrub on 

 each side. We sometimes crossed the same creeks 

 two or three times a day, owing- to the tortuous 

 directions thev took, and our clothes Avere kept wet 



