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a phenomenon similar to those under notice, but of a comparatively 

 local character. More recently, while travelling with a large flock 

 of sheep, he noticed a dry fog at Goonoo Goonoo, a station of the 

 Peel River Company, near Tarn worth, but this also was of limited 

 extent. The most notable of these occurrences, he says, occurred 

 in South Australia in 1836 in the month of April. That colony 

 had only just been formed at that time, and the phenomenon 

 excited a good deal of apprehension in the minds of the settlers. 

 There can scarcely be any evidence I imagine, of the extent over 

 which the fog of 1836 was observed, as the colony had not then 

 been opened up. The aboriginals associated the occurrence with 

 some mischievous event, the nature for which they could not define. 

 I omitted to mention that at Bendemeer there was no wind per- 

 ceptible immediately before the fog appeared, but shortly after- 

 wards a slight westerly wind sprang up. The direction in which 

 the fog appeared to the view from Bendemeer, was about south- 

 west by west. The fog appeared to annoy the horses the party 

 were riding. The fog covered the Swamp Oak Creek, Surveyor's 

 Creek and intermediate country. 



"This is the extent of my information respecting the fog as it 

 appeared at Bendemeer, but Mr. Armstrong has promised to 

 furnish me with memoranda of this and other dry fogs which he 

 has preserved. If I should receive them I need not add that they 

 will be speedily forwarded to you. 



"A friend who visited Clarence Town a day or two after the 

 12th ultimo, tells me that the fog was the topic of general remark 

 during his stay. In that locality it is said to have presented a 

 dull grey leaden hue, but otherwise preserved the peculiarities 

 noticed elsewhere. 



"At Bellevue, near Scone, a number of aboriginals are located, 

 and the fog has not passed them without observation. They take 

 it to be a sign of approaching drought, and they tell of similar 

 appearances having been noticed in past years. This at present 

 is all the additional information I have to offer. I am expecting 



