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Leavin!]; tlio Fiiike, wliicli was coiiiiiin- down timii the north, wo struck 

 westwards and camped at tlie foot of llie liills near to the ll])ill,i Creek at 

 Illanuirta, wliere is an outlying police caniji, placed in tins f.ir dista,nt spot 

 jirincipaJly for the purpose of jireNenting, if ]>ossilile, the interfeience of the 

 lilacks with the cattle on tiie runs. 



