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tiimr far. for wo apuii n|)]>riv;if*1'U'(l rni (ijicn fon^st 

 (•Duntr}^ and a farm at Bolam* ajipearcd situated 

 on an opposite hill to that over which the road 

 we were tli€pi travcrdjotg. jpassed^ On dcsccnd- 

 ingi W<SW9ed a rivulet osr creek, (for tlic* terras 

 are synonyuioiis in tlii^^ cnniitrv,) t-allcd " Bolani 

 Cnn-k and at fivr w .m.. arrivT'tl ;)t the neat 

 faini of Mr. James iia:>sell. We now readied 



the Argyle couutTyi smd the eoatr^t tetween 

 tltis and the p^»lioit the Balltitrsi^ dtstmtt 



throngli which we hail passed, was much in fa- 

 vour of the fonner. Tlic ilistauee of our journey 

 thi:5 day was twenty- eigl it miles ; and our horses, 

 not lately having had good feeding^fieomlli^ joor* 

 tiess of the pasturage, weh^egi.Te ihem aday's 

 rest ; and although we had to regret the alisence 

 of Mr. Hassell, we yet reeeived every attention 

 from the persons left in cliarge. 



Ue&iHiiea our joiiiney early on ik^ mom^ 

 mg of the 30th ; but the day turned out very 

 wet. 



About Bolaiii Creek, Hoeks oi" \\ ild (hieks were 

 uhimdant. These birds were not so w ild about 

 tir^&l&ks as on large rivers^ The bam-doors about 

 the farms (in imitatioti of a siraifer <juat<»iai ia tlie 



* The granite soil at Bolam h said to injure the teeth of 

 the sheep, die teelh of young sheep l)eiii<; as iimeli wOrW 

 «lmvn by it a,s in other soils is often seen in ttie old sheep. 



