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alongf the bank of the river, thinking- it niig-ht lead 

 us to Princess Charlotte's Bay, and although unable 

 to do so, we did not as yet lose sig-ht of the river 

 altogether. 



Sept. \st. — All this day we continued travelling 

 over very uneven country, full of precipitous rocks 

 and gullies, until we came to a bend of the river : 

 we now followed it in its tortuous course through 

 the rocks, till we came to a flat country where 

 its channels were divided by high gi-een banks, 

 on which were growing large drooping tea-trees 

 (melaleucas) ; growing on these I found a beautiful 

 species of Loranthus, with large fascicles of orange- 

 coloured flowers, the leaves cordate, and clasping' 

 the stem. On the hills I found a Br achy chiton, 

 with crimson flowers ; the tree had a stunted growi;h, 

 with deciduous leaves. I collected as much of 

 the gum as I could, and advised the others to do the 

 same 5 we ate it with the roasted seeds, but were 

 unable to find much of the gum or of the seeds. 



Sept. 2nd. — We travelled over uneven rocky 

 ground, and crossed several gullies, and camped by 

 the bed of a river, at a spot where there were fine 

 reaches of water, full of Nymplicea and Villarsia. 

 There was plenty of g"ood grass in the valley of the 

 river, which was not very wide here, but on the 

 hills many parts had been recently burned, and the 

 grass was just springing up. 



Sept. 3j'^.— Sunday. We had prayers at eleven 



o'clock, and afterwards, during^ the day, ^ve shot 



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