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luxuriantly, and in one spot Amarantus retroflexus, L. was abun- 
dant. After dark the air, woods and grass were ablaze with fire- 
flies, producing a charming and fairy-like effect as we dashed (?) 
along. 9: M. saw us at Mulgrave Wharf, where we learned 
to our intense disgust that the steamer only met the express, and 
then crossed to the opposite side of the Strait to lie at Port 
Hawkesbury until morning, when she left for Sydney. By the 
time that we had found out for ourselves that the ferryman lived 
thing was scrupulously clean, and a snack, washed down bya 
glass of real Scotch whisky, and followed by a pipe, was no bad 
