142 



TUUIlll.-TUHMlI. 



^' old foiuiti'v, ") wtTc (U'corntrtl by ihv brushes 

 ami tails of" tliat sbt plii-vds' [jrst, tlir [)iiii>'o, nr 

 native Austraiiau dog, iind otlie'i' vmniii belong- 

 ing to tiife 0cto.y . M i»e fode thif )ug 1 1 the bush, 

 dte moist sttmosp^iidre o^MoaecL a strong aroma 

 to b{' diffused from the Iraves of the giim-trees, 

 w ell as from odoriferous flower;^. Tlw country 

 was of a picturesc|iie character ; iiud, after a dis- 

 tance <rf wA^^ miles, weTc^kdced a s^ioii be- 

 Itaigkg: to Mr; Ellis, <$al«d Tmtil, tuml,** 



wh^te we remained an hour to refresh OUf boms. 

 I remarked the red 2;'um in abundance on most 

 trees of the J^ueait/j/tHs genus ; the red, spotted, 

 and white gum, iron, S&ringy bark, manna, 

 box, and others, f^i^ij^diifixo^eiyt ii esciides 

 l)oth spontaneously and in larger ipumtitieSj, when 

 iiieisictus have beeu made ou the trunk, more 

 j>artieularlv after rain. it is seen in nnisses 

 upon the trunk ; but its particles have so little 

 tenacity, that when in a concrete form any at- 

 tempt to detach them in oue entire lism|f ftUs, 

 and it crumbles immediately into innnmerahle 

 minute fragiiK^nts. 



Tiiis gum resin has a strong astringent quality, 

 and is one of the irliiiieti^ of Kxsio of 00m- 

 meroe, (tho otiier variety of Kino tieinf bfito^^t 

 from Africa, and is produced by a tree of the 

 Pterocm'pus genus.) When Urst it issues from 



