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running* southerly^ and as there had heen a heavy 

 storm a few days previously^ the current was rapid ; 

 five of our horses fell in crossing" it — the one carry- 

 ing* my specimens in a very bad place j we were 

 obliged to cut the g'irthsj and before I could secure 

 his load t\^'o bag's of seeds were washed away ; we 

 tied our horses to trees^ and encamped in a thick 

 bamboo scrub bv the side of the river. 



JVov. 4:t7i. — This morning* Jackey went to examine 

 a scrub throug'h which we wanted to pass^ and 

 while out^ shot a fine cassowary ; it was very dark 

 and heavv, not so long- on the leo* as the common 

 emu^ and had a larg*er bod}"^ shorter neck, with a 

 larg-e red, stiff, horny comb on its head ; Mr. Wall 

 skinned it, but from the many difficulties with which 

 he had to contend, the skin was spoiled before it 

 could be properly preserved. 



JVov. 6th. — We travelled a short distance to the 

 top of a hill, from which Jackey had seen g-rass 

 from a tree. We were oblig*ed to kill another horse 

 to-day, and cured the flesh as usual. 



Nov. 6th. — We were compelled to shoot two other 

 horses to-day, and as we had no other means of 

 taking* the meat with us, we skinned one of them, 

 and made the skin into bag*s, in which we each 

 carried a few pounds of meat on our backs. 



JVov. 7th and Sth. — We were travelling* these 

 two da3's over very roug'h rocky g*round, intersected 

 with g'ullies and belts of scrub. 



JVov. 9th. — We were oblig-ed this morning* to 



