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riiatic meal ; and it wirt3t|d be well for fasti- 



fltoiis pcopK*, who, Iiaviiii^ every luxury at their 

 cominaiul, are contented with ntjthing, to be- 

 come busli travellers in Australia tm It -short 

 ;^i4dd^ in pursuit of Bet^lA tend ismt&tt.tso.en% 

 and til ere can be no doubtbut tliey would return 

 hotter in l>otlj rispiM^'ts. Tea, sngar, a tin-pot, 

 and ;) hhuikct, arc the retpiisites for a bush tra- 

 veller, otlier necessaries being left to Providence, 

 t»r to be Btipfplied At 1M st^iom^ he m&y ocm^ 

 sionally meet with. 



Oursi'lvc? and hor^^es liavin"" had an aoTce- 

 ahle fee<l, we travelled on until alxait six v.yi., 

 when we " brought up'" at the " Round Swam])/' 

 mi^mmmp&6rm^hM&^^^ night ; tlie borses 

 wemioMldll^tiwititi^^ t& gmze, while we 

 occupied ourselves in collecting fuel, of which a 

 sufficient supply was soon procured from the 

 (piantity of th'ied w oo4 that was strew^ed about. 



Having lighted ©try iire» i^bojpe^ ^tmu t^mi 

 gmall ti'oes, hmmg Witb i^eir biwdte^ a tude 



hut, as a teinpQdpaiy shelter, and fern and small 

 shriihs uitide a rout>"li hut not imcondortahle 

 lied. The only drawback to the comfort of 

 sleeping in the bit$it is tlje fell of heavy rain ; 

 wo Jind t little ixxsmg the m0t^ but^ fas^" 

 inat(%, it teased before sufficient liad fallen to 

 penetnite onr leafy luit. 



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