AND TUMAT RIVERS. 



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one continuous river, as seen in the accompa- 

 nying diagram, the water supplied by each being 



A Murrumbidgee River. h Pebbly bed of river. 



B Tumat River. 



C Creek. 



D Wheat paddock. 



E Paddock. 



F House. 



G Stock yard. 



c High Banks. 

 d High decUvities of hills. 

 e Low reedy bank. 

 f Low banks. 

 g High banks. 



nearly of equal proportions. The Tumat river 

 (which I saw as high as Mr. Rose's cattle station 

 at " Been," and a distance of twelve or fourteen 

 miles beyond that station, making a distance 

 from the junction of forty or fifty miles) was 

 equal in breadth and depth of stream to the 

 Murrumbidgee, had numerous creeks emptying 

 their waters into it, and also swamps about 

 its banks, overflown during floods, and even 

 now absorbing a large quantity of water. Among 

 other cre,eks which empty themselves into the 

 Tumat is a fine stream, called by the abori- 

 gines the "Been," or " Gheek," from which 



