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hawk so severely over the head and legs, that 

 she fainted from loss of blood. She was found 

 lying on the ground, and taken to the house of 

 a settler residing on the banks of the Murrum- 

 bidgee river, and every kindness and attention 

 shown her ; but after lingering, suffering severe 

 mental and bodily anguish, siie expired. There 

 is a son by this female and her convict paramour 

 about three years old, living with the tribe, who 

 are so attached to him, that for the present it 

 has been found difficult to get him away from 

 them, so that he may be brought up in a civilized 

 state of society. 



On the following morning I left Jugiong, and 

 resumed my journey through a very interesting 

 portion of country. The banks of the Murrum- 

 bidgee stream we^e adorned with large ' ' swamp 

 oaks," (Plow'y of the aborigines,) magnificent 

 water gum-trees, (Dad'ha and Yarra of the abo- 

 rigines,) and immense quantities of a species of 

 mallow, rising to the height of from two to six 

 feet, and which at this time was profusely in 

 flower, decorating the banks, mingled with other 

 flowering plants. This mallow is named " Cum- 

 ban" by the natives ; and upon the banks, or in 

 the vicinity of the river, is a species of Urtica, 

 (" Cundalong of the aborigines,) resembling the 

 European species, " butter-cups :" the small red 

 poppies, geranium, and other plants, similar to, 



