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that prevailed throughout the day, of a view of the 

 surrounding country. In the evening we reached 

 Willunga, distant thirty-five miles from Mount 

 Barker ; though sight-seeing had taken us, during 

 the day, over fifty miles of country. This township 

 is prettily situated at the western foot of the hills on 

 a woodland slope, bordered by the waters of the 

 Gulf, at a distance of about six miles. Our party 

 was to have been here joined by Governor Grey, 

 who, however, did not arrive till late next morning ; 

 when, after examining the slate quarries in the 

 neighbourhood, where the cleavage and quality 

 equalled any I have seen in Wales, we left for 

 Encounter Bay, bearing nearly south-east. The 

 first three miles of the road lay over stony ridges ; 

 and the next eighteen traversed the worst part of 

 the province, a sandy, scrubby, slightly undulating 

 country, about five hundred feet above the sea. We 

 were glad to find ourselves descending from this 

 wearisome sterile tract upon some rich flats at the 

 head of the river Hindmarsh, named after the first 

 governor of the colony. These we followed four 

 miles in a S. S. E. direction, where meeting the 

 river, its tortuous course led to the southward for 

 about five miles. Where it joins the sea, in the 

 north-western corner of Encounter Bay, a town- 

 ship, also named Hindmarsh, had been laid out, 

 which will, doubtless, be a pleasant summer resi- 

 dence, as we felt a great change in the tempera- 

 ture ; indeed the evening was quite bleak, with a 

 moderate breeze from seaward. 



