12"2 INFANTICIDE. 



" Mount Brace :" the view from it was exten- 

 sive, and of much picturesque beauty. — Plains, 

 (varied by wooded patches,) upon which herds of 

 cattle grazed or reposed ; — spots of cultivated land, 

 green with the rising grain ;■ — the distance ter- 

 minating to the horizon in mountains of a greater 

 or less degree of elevation and of varying forms, — 

 peaked, rounded, or tabular, more or less densely 

 wooded ; and the Cudgegong river winding its 

 course amidst the tranquil scene, produced, in 

 the combination, a very pleasing landscape. 

 The ascent to " Mount Brace" was rugged, and 

 huge masses of sandstone, in which quartz peb- 

 bles were strongly imbedded, projected in seve- 

 ral places as if about to be precipitated on the 

 plains beneath ; the Liptomera acida, Exocarpus 

 cupressiforme, and the beautiful parasitical Loran- 

 thus pended from an Eucalyptus were seen ; and 

 other flowering shrubs, among which some small 

 and delicate plants (bearing pink flowers) of the 

 Orchidece family were also profusely scattered 

 about the declivities. I returned from my walk 

 much gratified with the scenery. 



It appears far from being an uncommon cir- 

 cumstance for the females of the aboriginal tribes 

 about this and other districts in the colony, when 

 they experience much lingering suflfering in 

 labour, to threaten the life of the poor infant 



