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nately for travellers, Major Mitchell is again at 

 work with his gangs, and a road, in spite of all 

 obstacles, is rapidly progressing ; avoiding all 

 the rough places we had now to pass, and also 

 affording a more direct as well as pleasing route. 

 To myself and fellow-traveller, the observation 

 of, " We shall soon pass over some of Major 

 Mitchell's line of road," was a certainty, as far 

 as it might be completed, that it would be good, 

 and the result always verified the correctness of 

 the opinion we formed on this subject. 



The country around us abounded in granitic 

 masses, but its features were not interesting, 

 having the usual dismal character of the Austra- 

 lian bush. We passed several rivulets, (or 

 creeks, as they are called by the colonists,) and 

 the little streams, similar to those seen meander- 

 ing through our fields at home, are in this 

 country dignified with other larger streams by 

 the appellation of rivers. Of the feathered crea- 

 tion, loris, parrots, and white cockatoos, as also 

 the small green parrots with red heads (Psitta- 

 cus pusillus, Lath ?) were seen in great numbers, 

 and flew away screaming on our approach. At 

 six P.M. we arrived at " Wallerowang, " the 

 farm of James Walker, Esq., (after a journey 

 of sixteen miles,) and were kindly received 

 by the persons in charge during the absence 



