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stream obtains. Thus, the Yas river at one part 

 is called " Gondaroo" by the natives, and this 

 occasioned many to suppose the correct name of 

 the Yas river was " Gondaroo," until it was 

 ascertained that it received that appellation from 

 the portion of country of the same name through 

 which it passed ; afterwards receiving the name 

 of " Yas," or " Yar," when flowing through 

 its plains : by the latter name, however, the 

 entire stream is known to Europeans, which is 

 a better method of nomenclature than that 

 adopted by the natives. The Tumat at Mr. 

 Warby's farm was called " Bewuck," and as a 

 variety of the "river cod" receives the same 

 native name, the river might either be named 

 after the number of the fish found in it, or the 

 fish from being found abundant in that parti- 

 cular part of the river ; for a very short distance 

 further up the stream, the aborigines bestow a 

 different name upon it from the country through 

 which it flows. I mention these circumstances, 

 hoping some future traveller may have oppor- 

 tunities of further inquiry, confirming my state- 

 ments if correct, or refuting them should they 

 prove erroneous. 



The sand in and about the banks of the Mur- 

 rumbidgee river has a glittering appearance, 

 which led many to report that gold dust 



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