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Ges s was called ‘Karora? I jam “of course, that Karora out, althongh ogg ginnin nter. We had not taken SURIERR; and it has ar January 
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li Beowah by the blacks at Durandur. I must do Minni Minni kindly thonght would be useful to me, y 
i ay, that i re had several Sin i Durandur about 3 Pax, | “cant a good portion of fcharred age soni dung, an 
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I pean not help feeling on the last day that a | ing secured, As 
aa p An „prevent our getting on; and | earned from experience that Brugmansia will not stan 
rt een run, by seeing ls terin Ihde since it was plan 
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sticking poles i in the Pes 5 inches teh the spaces 
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thin s I sed, m rora. ays ore, and I was ers to speak very oe an adjoining wo 
direc line appeared likely to ko difficult, and I turned off at the to make h ata ` 0 3 3 2 
where Eales’s tra rned, intending to follow it on the | completely ee up ora Ke could not pit them to move faster 
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Miles west of Durandur, get to Durandur, and then get blacks, | days had been for the mhfety of the dray. It was, of course, im- hore roat 3 to ma ake all sure [ put ea few 
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5 not think the men would reopen that night. When I returned smallest resolution, it is quite certain the blacks would not t 
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marking. We accordingly went on until the evening by | a week by very hard Hareli I found that six dayi after Í NT Mas A severe, diy hp ere veldomn or as it 
a party o of requires a ery eae frost to pertieres through Moss 
sa ime 
ie ement for 
free ventilation is provide, I take the protection 
in March and April, and altogether in 
May. It may be considered that the plant is not worthy 
fe vn m thus bestowed on it, but few could see it in 
umm and make that remark, The branches are 
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” dark, I found that Hunter had so pressed them that the done anything; they potest do any mischief if a bold face i 
ray was across the gully on the further side of the scrub. I | shown, p th ar, wore plenty of arms for all hands. I thought 
was sorry for this, because I had been unable to find any track | ae elf v ery fortunate not t AA se my rifle. On the Tal joursay wall give Some idea of the general appearance of the 
Ti sin gully, and had half made up my | was constantly wet fthronirh for a fortnight— but never caught plant Meh in bloo 
mind*to turn back on my own line. Next morning I renewed | olds or felt in the least unwell. I had nothing to eat beyond the There 
my search for the old track, but without success. I then | regular ration ng er, salt beef, tea, and 
I gen g it might j ome = s got wet, but I found that T could quite as well planted o e Brugmansia, 
without 
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d fresh footprints of their ag horses. The a at Tast Ted us | i 
the to a place where the to! rubs, which clothed the two sides they beatup a large quantity of the inner bark ntil 
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The accompanying representation 
. o e ma My fre e flowering plants, commonly occu- 
t the men ha amper, f cceed 
, and saw Pers oa were endless | sugar. I took one bottle of brandy with me, but did not need it; . aspidon the vial aita nous, ory x think would su 
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gmansia, large 
of the large grubs, | specimens of which would md re new and g 
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‘of some tree u these matter than to get the mean eir 
| it is like lint or tow—with this they mop up the honey, and > bi shan rA de necessary Pe 
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ty Mame ‘Scrub’ is th sie absurd that could have been de- | afterwards chew the bark. Hungry as I was my stomach rebelled pment 5 ut here, I am happy of say, inn is not 
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against. chewing the bark until I had tasted the honey. I | the case, as oe noble employ er, who s bo th in indulgent 
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i ene es name equally absurd. Scrubs std an | ate eh that the bark is gers ane when used. pao and gen way of f improve- 
‘orests, ed with large trees of totally different kinds from iad done chewing the yard and half of bark, it was pass ‘om Castle 
hit those that grow in the open country, or Parete? as it is called; = one to another and chewed very Herd i while, I suppose, ment riment, Robert Dowling, ĉi 
undergrowths in these scrubs consist of tho: Vines, | any taste of honey remained. J. 0. Bid Gardens; Co. ‘Porviinodis Ireland. 
N ee d +g aont imes a species ttan, covered ali | 
} over minute sharp :spines, and of which the leaves ae 
a armed with most formidable. incurved hooks, renders the space EGETABLE E PATHOLOGY.—No, CII 
below the trees almost impassable; this Rattan is commonly BRUG) MANSIA SANGUINE . HYPOSATHRIA* £ (Bletting). —In an vii state 
p called the ‘Cat’s claw Vine” -I had with me your billhook, or I ii f l lant h t fi it id, d the walls of the 
Should never have got: through the tremendous mass of =a NOBLE Specimen o this g ne & an grows Jin tt Yee ie See a ag! em o tory 
which I encountered. The first patch of scrub we passed wa: pl Castle, so that eg ut subjection to 
3 “es Sabra Sat wE Ter =. had Sem i it, I pe: Tey Earl of Erne. It Was plan ree pects in| heat they are either softly eatable, or so dis- 
ge we were follow: ad us roun: e ae: H 
nol house, and that it would be impossible, without immense May, 1845, and was then about 3 feet bigh., Aerie 3 agreeable and rto iers ble as to make them pecos 
1 culty, to go direct to its” bas valley between whi nt childish appetites. 1s 
: ry == neel ikali ve fli mith a — e mass of sorub, unripe condition is called 
chy an e rly wW cay ued to é i 
en follow the track until dark; antag thi nonce Bhakti rubs—two t LA Corpo, ord 
of which were a mile in len mgth. At t last we were ohig to a ASDREN A d 
mg Stop on the top of a stony mgs wating been unable ton: te, and o ch 
a to find our horses, or to provide wa 1 day. My attendant | necessarily precedes ma- 
;@ Was in a dreadful state of Jeon peek having been in such | turity, I do not think it 
ej 2 predicament before; he also suffered greatly from thirst | Ys, . : 
naa and did nothing but groan all nig We could not eat, | requisite to consider it 
Fe Pas’ — re too dry—this I afterwards considered under a distinct 
ortunate thing. Next morning I found that I i 
e table y mountain, and could not find any trace bate oe rime "he 
di of a path, or sign of an opening in the serub—neither could ‘ 
ng 4 see Karor: I made up my mind to foree my i 
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K a. way in 
direct line south-east down the side of the mountain, 
over doubting that by the end of the day, at farthest 
$ get 
through those chemical 
Ry eo into open land near Durandar. ‘the was changes which ppan 
i the densest I ever abe ar the sr fall of” Cat’s-claw sary to bring it to perfec- 
in Vines," at d several other spiny kinds: other tough Vines in tion. This may 
ace ating eaat the ite of a Soe em, and cold p, i 
he With large loose angular stones. We di reach any water weather, inducing efi 
d Entil about 11 o'clock, when T procured a little by digging a hole ciency both of light and 
oo g 4 raed course; I did not an $ ies reenter ns ich 
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nd Climpson-arank a large quantity T. Tare to il aking eens Oe ae 
b lengths of a species of Vine, which gives*excellent water wh > 
* the ground is t. About we reached a deep stony gully generation 
he ae cng = cane I would not allow Climpson t more metamorphosis of those 
ef Fab abd the as po to get alarmed at the density of the aria whieh să dus pro- 
uth, are destin 
pp! t proportion 
sugar which is requisite 
for the perfection of its 
our, or the 
access light may be 
preve: the 
abun foliage, the 
judicious removal of which 
to the exi 
ery function 
of tne plant without atten- 
tion which mischief 
may Bains in different 
ON direction, is often neces- 
years, and was considered scarcely worthy of a place | sary in ae especially under artificial heat, 
under glass. fe May, ae 1, I plante yi it in the eopen| 415. In some cases no sooner has the fru it arrived at 
round, havi ious autumn cut its th sne My 
3 feet from ie stem, cote ever since it ha attracted a | man, than a further change takes place; the cell walls 
attention, and been universally admired by | and their contents pass into a state of incipient decom- 
to this beautiful demesne. At te position acquiring the brown tint so frequent where 
© | request of some ladies on a visit here I measured the | decay takes place in vegetables; the pid tasteless 
plant last August; it was then 14 feet 6 inches high, | vanishes and the whole becomes a soft vapi ieties r 
and girthed at the ground 2 feet 6 inches, and covered | d of every useful quality. Some vari 
a a of 165 square feet. At that time it was really so rapidly pass into this paei f= 
a beautiful plant, completely covered with flowers and | scarcely cult m amne though so when <a 
foliage to the surface of the ground ; I then counted | Jargonelle, are of first-ra a en in por pe! 
180 flowers fully expanded, with twice that number | The a « — es place ‘gs a oma 
ready to open. - A gentleman told me a few days dir irection, a reumstance which distingui counto ae 
pitt ol he Tad Soe above 200 forms of putrescence. Apples wai 
ai uce him to go further. i it. t would it difficult to calculate a= subject to such a change, in which the condition 
eit reared See knife in thè r Ae e Deaan number it produced 1 ¢ Sanitas, but I would say at rom veerafizos partly decomposed, 
tame on just after our fire was made, and nearly pot it 
| E e en fruit, and wuss raw. 4 ol 
