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forming- a train of twenty-six horses, followed by 

 the sheep; and Mitchell occasionally sounding- a 

 horn he had broug'ht with him. 



We aU felt the inconvenience of leaving' the carts 

 behind, and I in particular. I was now obhg'ed to 

 make two strong' bags to fit my specimen boards, 

 and to hang" them over a horse's back, one bag- on 

 each side, a very inconvenient method, as it rendered 

 them liable to much damage going through the 

 scrub. The sheep at this time had grown very thin 

 and poor, not averaging more than thirty pounds 

 when skinned and dressed ; they had, however, 

 become so habituated to following the horses that 

 they cost us very little trouble in driving them. 



After travelling about six miles through open 

 forest land we camped near a creek on the skirts of 

 a thick scrub. 



July 19th. — We were cutting through scrub aU 

 day, skirting numerous small creeks which we met 

 with here, most of them running to the eastward. 

 The soil was rather stiff, and indicated a rocky 

 formation, blocks of granite projecting from it in 

 various directions. 



July 20th, 21st, and 22nd. — During these three 

 daj^s we travelled over an irregular, moimtainous 

 country, intersected by numerous creeks, running in 

 every direction, but aU of them with belts of scrub on 

 each side. We sometimes crossed the same creeks 

 two or three times a day, owing to the tortuous 

 directions they took, and our clothes were kept wet 



