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colony, IIS the yoiiiio' gmss shooting Up SOOtt after 

 aH'or(U Hut' ft'cdiiiLi" f'nrcatlh', <S:(\ 



Alter riding ubout sevuii miles/''' wu arrivtul 

 at a stockade, inhabited by a road-gang, employed 

 Upm lih^smf ?^tlitOJSt^<^^ Jlprhig Ik vejy distaat 

 viewof tbe iescart at MoMaf Vfttoria, from which 

 the road we were n]>oii was a continuation, ami 

 a splendid view of mountain ranges and forest 

 scenery was now before us. We only proceeded 

 dih'W ti^m this €f]teellent road, wkeii iire 

 turned off into a dull bush-jjath through a por*« 

 tion of country which, from il^^ want of anima- 

 tion, became tiresome to man and beast ; there 

 was nothing to excite the attention of either, 

 and Ih^ imm^ always appear to participate^ mUk 

 mxt^^m^ ill the want of a Ht©ly leharacter in 

 the country ' 



Emcrginci' fVoTu tin's wild busby track, we 

 came upon the oid Batliurst road, and tlicii the 



isotintirj smi^mA ^ belter ^ppearan^ej, being 

 thinly timber^, and im^^ ^m^m^ 

 animation to l^e scene, increasing the beauty of 



colony IS mmiinal, ant! the time occupiiMl in ruling: the 

 distunce is usually tukcn into consideration; some stages 



liL-rtl's miUs. ■ it is assaying m thecolonyi " are sltort, thusc of 



