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being a general peculiarity of thv trees of f|ie 

 roiiiitr\'. cxcitop the attention of tlie stranovr. 

 Our road led tlirougli a broken but itictnrrstnK: 

 country, thiuly timbered, aiid appeared gooil pas- 

 ture land. We ctossed a small tiver, callM tlie 

 ^^$0^0X3^, tlie country iniprovin«^ very inucli a:> 

 proeee<led, aboniuling' in benntit'nl park 

 scenery, and tlie distant liills, rising' one above 

 the other, both thinly, and, in some situations, 



denselj wooded, was m ^^ig^ree^e ftoiif^ t0 Die 

 unintem^ug sameness &e ooilJifepj^ thrcmgli 

 which we had, for the most pai't, journeyed. 



The ?]>ecies of Eucalyptus, termed 'vBox Tree," 

 by the colonists, was most abundant : it has a 

 Tougli, scaly batli differing in that partiotdatfifom 

 most of tli^ odx^r ^|>ecie$ or varielled o£ same 

 geinis. On the elevated sj^oi^^^QjSs^^im'pug m- 

 prvss/forme, or native cherry-tree, was seen ; but 

 the situation appeared uncongenial to its growth ; 

 for, instead of tha gracrfid mi elegantly pending 

 h}^allehe$,w^ deIleatedal^k'^^€€ln{oliage»8t^cllas 

 this tree presents when growingiiii^lten'd sitna- 

 tioii<. it now had a stunted, bi*own, and wretched 

 appearance. About noon, we arrived at Mr. 

 Murphy's station at Bingliam, being sevanieew 

 miles from Bcfnadtield. 



The approatdi to niarshy lan<l is readily indi- 

 cated by the lueludy oi' the frog uibe, among 



