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Bay ash^ and a tree belong-iiio' to the natural order 

 Leguininos(E, with axillary racemes of white apeta- 

 loiis flowers^ loi^g*? hroad, flat, many seeded leg-umes, 

 larg-e, bipinnate leaves, leaflets oval, one inch long', 

 — and havino- dark fissured bark : on the flat stifl'soil 

 g-rew iron-bark, apple-tree, and another species of 

 AugopJwra, with long- LanceoLite leaves, seed vessels 

 as larg-e as the eg-g* of a common fowl, and a smooth 

 yellow bark. 



Aug. 27th. — This day being- Sunday we had 

 pra3'^ers at eleven o'clock. We saved the blood of 

 the sheep we had killed for to-day's food, and 

 having- cut up the heart, liver, and kidneys, we mixed 

 it all with a little floiu* and boiled it for breakfast. 

 By this means we made some small saving-, and it 

 was a dish that we were very fond of. We saved 

 all the wool that we could g*et from our sheep, for 

 the purpose of stufling' our saddles, a process which 

 was frequently required, owing- to the poor condition 

 of our horses. 



Aug. 2Stk. — We started early this morning-, but 

 had not travelled far when one of our horses fell 

 from weakness; we placed him on his leg-s four 

 times during- the day, but finding- the poor animal 

 could not walk, we shot him and took sufficient 

 meat from him with us to last for two davs. After 

 making- but a short stage, over iron-stone ridg-es, 

 coA ered with string-y-bark, and loamy flats, producing- 

 Melaleucas and GreviUeas, we camped beside a 

 small creek, in the sandy bed of which there was no 



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