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buihes ; be could not avoid making ufe of his 

 fore feet in thele narrow paflages. As foon as be 

 had reached the extremity of them, he fprang for- 

 ward by leaps, topping the fhrubs with fo much 

 nimblenefs that he was prefently out of light. 



A fheet of water, into which ran a charming 



rivulet, was covered with a prodigious quantity 



of wild ducks, that took wing quite clofe to 



v.c lb little expected this agreeable light, 



that we were not able to kill one of them. 



A frefh breeze got up towards night, and fecm- 

 eel to threaten us with rain. Being at a diftance 

 from any fhclter, we were obliged to flecp in the 

 open air : a hedge, which we conftrudted with 

 branches and boughs, ferved us as a protection 

 from the weather, and under this fhed it was 

 eafy for us to light a large fire. 



On the i ith, proceeding to the weft ward, we 

 travcrfeda vaft plain, where were here and there 

 fome marfhes, covered with plants, which con- 

 1 from us the dajiger of" advancing : the wa- 

 shes from the lowed parts, and in its courfe 

 forms pretty rivul 



A very big kangaroo came out within four yards 



of me from the middle of a copfe ; my gun llafhcd 



in the pan ; and the animal went off very llowly, 



paths made through the groves: 



arc fo many covered ways which erofs in 



I are very clofe to each other. 



The 



