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running- southerly, and as there had been a heavy 

 storm a few days previously, the current was rapid ; 

 five of our horses fell in crossing' it — the one carry- 

 ing- my specimens in a very bad place; we were 

 obliged to cut the g-irths, and before I could secure 

 his load two bags of seeds were washed away ; we 

 tied our horses to trees, and encamped in a thick 

 bamboo scrub by the side of the river. 



Hov. 4:t7i. — This morning- Jackey went to examine 

 a scrub through which we wanted to pass, and 

 while out, shot a fine cassowary ; it was very dark 

 and heavy, not so long on the leg- as the common 

 emu, and had a larger body, shorter neck, with a 

 large red, stifi', horny comb on its head ; Mr. Wall 

 skinned it, but from the many difiiculties with which 

 he had to contend, the skin was spoiled before it 

 could be properly preserved. 



Nov. 5th. — ^We travelled a short distance to the 

 top of a hill, from which Jackey had seen grass 

 from a tree. We were obliged to kiU another horse 

 to-day, and cured the flesh as usual. 



Wov. 6th. — We were compelled to shoot two other 

 horses to-day, and as we had no other means of 

 taking- the meat with us, we skinned one of them, 

 and made the skin into bag-s, in which we each 

 carried a few pounds of meat on our backs. 



Nov. 7th and 8th. — We were travelling- these 

 two days over very rough rocky ground, intersected 

 with gullies and belts of scrub. 



JVov. 9th. — We were oblig-ed this morning to 



