c'Vi'iiiiiLi', innl tlic sun 



r(i;i(l wv liiui passi'd, ;iml iJit' oiio we were still 

 upon, are excellent; the new road is a great 

 improveinent. Ik^it yflmt 1 i$A m oppirtttiiity 

 dt Q&tmmk^iDf seeing of the old om it must 

 have been w retehed, aji^ the great surprise was 

 how veliiek> ('ouhl Imve jnijised if in safety ; 

 Kome parts, Jiowever, of a better character, w'ere 

 iu<!orporafced y^th the new foadi^ 



Ab w^ pedoei^ded io^w^fs agaim B^mt to <le^ 

 the road-sides, and the " T'Tofr^^i or Tidip- 

 /m*" (Tclopm sppcmauMWd ) now made its ap- 

 pearauce iii great abundance : the buds with 

 which it wa^ covered were not yet, however, suf- 

 Maitly ^^rpatlddl to d%»lay tbe ^pl^dtd crim- 

 sou hue of th4 W>feBCR^ whirli make it, perhaps;, 

 tnir of the most elegant and >]>h'udid flowering 

 ^nhrubs indigenous to tla- colou3^ Tlie Acacia 

 taxifolia was abundantly in flower, and diHused 

 a deligMnl ^agi^aoce. The si&^ierf, m 

 proeceded. inereased rather than dimiukhed 

 in its grand and ronuiiitic eharacter. At oue 

 place we passed ;l large (piantity of a s]>eeies of 

 Eiicalj/ptas, called the nujiuitaiu asli " by the 



«x»lanfstsv and saw-pits liad beexi &mt6i iiear 

 tlie spot for the purpose of eutting it hsM 

 jjhmks, it being miicli valued for shafts of gijis, 

 as well ai> for otlier purposes, in wJiicji tliu wood 



