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running- southerly, and as there had been a heavy 

 storm a, few days previously, the current was rapid ; 

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

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

 oblig'ed to cut the girths, and before I could secure 

 his load two bag-s of seeds were washed away ; we 

 tied our horses to trees, and encamped in a thick 

 bamboo scrub by the side of the river. 



Nov. 4:fh. — This morning* Jacke^^ went to examine 

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

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

 and heavy, not so long- on the leg- as the common 

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

 larg-e red, stiff, horny comb on its head 5 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. 5th. — We travelled a short distance to the 

 top of a hill, fi'om 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. 



JYov. 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 bags, in which we each 

 carried a few pounds of meat on our backs. 



Nov. 7th and Sth. — We were travelhng- these 

 two days over very roug'h rocky g-round, intersected 

 with g-ullies and belts of scrub. 



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



