210 BARGO BRUSH. 



Others the Leghorn wheat, the ears of which are 

 six inches in length, and from the straw the 

 Leghorn bonnets so well known to the fair sex 

 are manufactured. 



Proceeding on my journey ; between this farm 

 and Lupton's Inn, I was accosted by a native 

 black, who asked me, whether " I white feller 

 parson,* for me want shilling ;" but not being 

 of the clerical profession, I did not consider my- 

 self liable to be placed under contribution, more 

 particularly upon the highway. It occurred to 

 me at the time, that he must have heard of the 

 five hundred pounds, granted annually from the 

 colonial funds for their conversion, and concluded 

 that all clergymen should bestow their shillings 

 on himself and comrades. We parted with this 

 conditional bargain, that if he brought me birds 

 and other animals, he should have shillings in 

 return. 



Passing through " Bargo Brush," the forest 

 was still gay with flowers, with the additional 

 beauty of the splendid proteacous shrub, called 

 the " Warratah "or " tulip tree " of the colonists, 

 which now displayed its brilliant crimson flowers. 



* The following is the definition of a clergyman, as once 

 given by one of the aborigines : " He, white feller, belonging 

 to Sunday, get up top o' waddy, pile long corrobera all about 

 debbil debbil, and wear shirt over trowsel." 



