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Tht' Mchili'ucd . (»r tea-tree, Avas very aljiindant 

 in some part? tif the forest?, attaiuine; the eleva- 

 tion of thirty-five to forty feet, and a diameter of 



nearly tm feet ; tihe Imtk is umtly m mm^ «ts 

 vdvet, «a4* like most of the Atistraliaa trees, is 



deciduous : tlic wood ii^ stated to be very durable, 

 and, tlie leaves bein»r fornierly usei! us a substi- 

 tute for tea, it still retains the name of " Tea- 

 fiiximig lii^ ooloxdfits. Tkem h mmjs^&xsm^ 

 •mxk diffieulty eJtperienced, when trimtKng 



through the wild Australian couutry, in finding 

 the habitation to whieli the traveber may be pro- 

 ceeding ; for, until he may he close upon it, or a 

 patdb of ^nlliimtton peeping through a %msSk 

 opening in the d^se lb)*«sl dtT€6t» Mm I0 like 

 fam, $^ the cultivated land, is nsually near the 

 honse, or, Mt all events, no jrreat distance from 

 it, he may wander very far from his destined 

 resting place aftfflf b|Lidng been dos^ td it 

 vilikmi! its h6xng iiisihie. The remaittd^ <3l the 

 estate is used as runs" for shrcp .or^Stfle; 

 l>ut in this countrj^ (Cuml)erland) there are but 

 few sheep-runs, as the proprietors of the estates 

 have, for the most part, ' ' runs" from seventy to 

 two hniEidred miles inhud^ irh^ the she^ hmm 

 better |iastttr|tgii« and thm U mow facility for 

 washing the fleeces, duriug the shearing- season. 

 About Clydesdale fai*m, as well as other estates 



