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CHAPTER XVI. 



Flocks of pelicans and grey parrots — Arrive at Jugiong — 

 A busy scene — The harvest — Quails and Hawks — Mr. 

 Hume's farm — Domestic life among the settlers — Miss 

 my way in the forest — Mr. Reddals farm — Disease called 

 the Black Leg — Mr. Bradley's residence at Lansdowne 

 Park — Drooping manna trees — Christmas festival— Mr. F. 

 M'Arthur's farm — Aboriginal tribes — Native costume — 

 Noisy revelry — Wild ducks and pigeons — Spiders. 



On leaving Darbylara, I proceeded to Jugiong 

 by a different road from that by which I came, 

 keeping near the Murrumbidgee river during 

 the journey. Occasionally a flock of pelicans 

 (" Guligalle" of the natives) were seen : this 

 species has black and white plumage ; the back 

 and upper part of the wings being black, the 

 remainder of the body white, with the bill and 

 legs of a yellowish colour. Black swans (" Gu- 

 niock" of the aborigines) were also seen ; and 

 among others of the "plumy tribe" that enli- 



