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along* the bank of the river^ thhiking- it mig-ht lead 

 us to Princess Charlotte^s Bay, and althoug-h unable 

 to do so^ we did not as yet lose sig-ht of the river 

 altog'ether. 



SeiH. 1st. — All this day we continued travelling' 

 over very uneven country, full of precipitous rocks 

 and g-ullies, until we came to a bend of the river : 

 we now followed it in its tortuous course throug'h 

 the rocks, till we came to a flat country where 

 its channels were divided by hig-h g-reen banks, 

 on which were g-rowing- larg-e drooping* tea-trees 

 (melaleucas) ; g-rowing- on these I found a beautiful 

 species of Loranthus, with larg-e fascicles of orang-e- 

 coloured flowers, the leaves cordate, and clasping* 

 the stem. On the hills I found a Brachjcldton, 

 with crimson flowers ; the tree had a stunted growth, 

 with deciduous leaves. I collected as much of 

 the gum as 1 could, and advised the others to do the 

 same 5 we ate it with the roasted seeds, but were 

 unable to find much of the g-um or of the seeds. 



Sept. 2nd. — We travelled over uneven rocky 

 ground, and crossed several gullies, and camped by 

 the bed of a river, at a spot where there were fine 

 reaches of water, full of Nymphmi and Villarsia. 

 There was plenty of good grass in the valley of the 

 river, which ^^'as not very wide here, but on the 

 hills many parts had been recently burned, and the 

 gTass was just springing- up. 



Sept. Srd. — Sunday. We had prayers at eleven 



o'clock, and afterwards, during the day, we shot 



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