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a report which, Mr. Walker tells us, 1 is still " thoroughly 

 characteristic of the Eastern shores of Blackman's Bay." 

 They had " found high but level ground, covered with 

 vegetation, not cultivated, but growing naturally by the 

 will of God, abundance of excellent timber, and a gently 



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TASMAN'S MAP OF ANTHONY VAN DIEMEN'S LAND. 

 (From TAe Journal of Tasman, ed. by J. E. Heeres.) 



sloping watercourse in a barren valley, the said water, 

 though of good quality, being difficult to procure, because 

 the watercourse was so shallow that the water could 

 be dipped with bowls only." They had heard certain 

 human sounds, and also sounds nearly resembling the 

 music of a trump or a small gong, not far from them, though 

 they had seen no one. They had " seen two trees about 



1 76. p. 134. 



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