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girri, I shall strike; bumalugidyillinga, I strike myself; bumallanna, 

 we two strike each other ; bumalalinga, I strike again ; bumalmam- 

 blina, I permit to strike again; bumabumara, I continue striking; 

 bumalngarriawagirri, I shall strike to-morrow; and finally, bumal- 

 bumalalimambilngarriawagirri, I shall permit to continue striking 

 again to-morrow. Those who are desirous of farther information, 

 relative to this language, are referred to the results of the Philological 

 department. 



Mr. Peale made a journey into the interior, in the direction of 

 Argyle, passing through Liverpool, and visiting Camden, Clifton, and 

 Strathara. The last two were the country-seats of gentlemen. Clifton 

 is the residence of James M'Arthur, Esq., who possesses a large estate 

 in its neighbourhood. Mr. M'Arthur, father of the present owner, 

 was the first who introduced sheep into this country. The facts con- 

 nected with this transaction, as related to me at Sydney, are as 

 follows : Captain M'Arthur, about the year 1797, had procured three 

 rams and five ewes from Captain Kent, R. N., who brought them 

 from the Cape of Good Hope. They were of Spanish blood, and 

 had been sent out by the Dutch government to that colony. Captain 

 M'Arthur soon found by experience, that his ideas as to the fitness of 

 the country for the support of this animal, had not been too extra- 

 vagant. 



In 1803, he visited England, and there made a statement, which 

 was communicated to the government, a copy of which will be found 

 in Appendix XXIII. 



In consequence of this statement, Captain M'Arthur's plans were 

 investigated by a committee of the Privy Council — at whose meetings 

 he was present — and were recommended to be adopted. Some sheep 

 were supplied from the flock of George III., and with them he embarked 

 shortly for New South Wales, on board the " Argo," which vessel was 

 so named by himself in reference to the freight she bore. 



The government having granted him a large tract of land, in what 

 was termed in the colony the Cow Pastures, he, in gratitude for the 

 assistance he had received, named it Camden, after the distinguished 

 nobleman who had befriended him, and who was then presiding over 

 the Colonial Department. This is now a princely estate, with a 

 magnificent mansion and grounds. The land attached to it contains 

 thirty thousand acres on the Upham river. About the lawns of this 

 mansion, magnolias and other trees of North America flourish by the 

 side of the Acacia pendula, &c, and plants indigenous to the Australian 

 mountains. In the garden are found figs, peaches, pears, plums, and 

 small fruits in the greatest profusion and of the finest quality, besides 



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