228 HISTORY OF 



Sydney), who received all the property collected 

 in this way. Dreading this discovery, she 

 offered to accuse others, or she must have been 

 convicted herself. 



A native woman from the Hawkesbury, 

 reported that she had seen the two mares stolen 

 some time since from Paramatta, and that they 

 were in the neighbourhood of that river. She 

 also said, that one Qf the men who ^ stole them 

 had been killed by the natives, and* the other 

 had perished with hunger. 



Hacking, when sent to .the -salt-hill last 

 month, was accompanied by Wilson and 

 another man, who were directed to pene^ 

 trate as far into the country as the provi- 

 sions they were able to carry would permit. 

 They returned from an absence of three weeks, 

 and said that they had been 140 miles W. by S. 

 from Prospect Hill. In their journey they tra- 

 velled over a variety of country, and found 

 more salt hills. They met with some narrow 

 rivers or creeks, and some very extensive tracts 

 of open rich ground. They ascended hills of 

 great height, from which their prospect was 

 extensive, and whence they discovered moun- 

 tains rising upon mountains to the Westward ; 

 all exceedingly high, and they did not meet a 

 single native in all their journey. 



The Governor wishing to know the truth of 

 every report that could improve his knowledge 

 of the advantages which this country contained, 

 he sent a party, with a few natives, to learn if 

 there was any salt near Broken Bay. Captain 

 Waterhouse undertaking the search, found the 



