daiii|) ;nnl swiniipy nature of tlic situation. Rvoii 

 now thv stock-kuopc'is stntt'd tliat (■alllc could not 

 reiiuiiii about the pluce, but wiiuilrr iiw ay to uiorti 

 congenial pasturage in other parts of tlio country. 



lioar frost whitened the ground, audi tiie ^tmo5^ 



phere was exceedingly cold and damp : even onr 

 horses werr impatiinit to h'ave this nueoitn'cuiiil 

 spot, having been left by themselves diiriug the 

 Bight 5 for metj aniwali owsept thqae in CQtiftie 

 meat, wH4£h ltdd h&m ^oHeeted together with 

 much trotilile tlic previous day, were all reported 

 absent without leavr ou the followiiii>' luoruiuti'. 



Alter a short jonrnej, through u similar 

 swampy comitry, we tolircd €kt a immt Aemt&d 

 and agree?LWe gpo% when we^ sfej|>p«d to tale re- 

 freshmenl^j made a hush fir^ prepared ts&a^ 



tnruiu<:' out nur horses to oraze iu a line pas- 

 turage. iMaiiy of the Eucalypti trees* wi'it" 

 tin-owing off their dark biwu and rough outer 

 bark, appearing m a new one, of a greyish co- 

 lour. The apprin ;>iM'!' <>(" th<* tvcc';, jmrtially 

 deuudcd, witli strips nt l)^o^\ ^ crisped b;n'k liaiig- 

 iijg about their trunks and Ijranehes ready to fall, 



* The4iffei-cnt trees of the ijtfcr</^^«jf genus arc confused, 

 ami require botanlcul stfi^to^nMmU nrmnyi tmwi\ species, 

 me merely varieties i lUltl the btitnteitittl ^litsuracters of but 

 few species are accurately fcaowu. 



