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the tree, it is of the consistence of very tliick 

 fivmp, and imniediHtclv after rain may he i^vvn 

 flowing from an incision or cleft in the tree very 

 ^itdotttly, heing thea ©f a tety beaiitiM light- 

 ted eolcmi', becoming of a dark sliinii^ md 

 hanU^nhifi', hy exposnre to tlie air. The Ango- 

 phara Ifmreoiafa, (tr a]>])h'-tree of tlie colonists, 

 (a gcnns ullied to that of Eucalyptus,) also yields 

 adark-4!0(i astringent gum fboim. its truiik ^nd 

 branched* 



After leavitig Tnnil, turril, we prot^ed^ 



throno'h a flat, swampy, and nn inter esting^ coun- 

 try, rendered still more tiresome by the drizzling 

 rain. Having passed " Stony Creek," and de- 

 «C6ttde4 *^ Gimtch IKll/^trfe ^«f^^d obtain 

 shelter tttfae farm of Mingahlah, the proper^ i>f 

 Charles CoTS^ier, Esq., after a journey of t^venty- 

 eight miles. The soil ahout this part of tlie 

 country was of a fertile character, but stony ; 

 tiiottiidfeg^lif the wMia^itOsdaet, 



Much of tlie dull time during our confittemesiit 

 to the house, from the heavy and continued rain, 

 was passed away hy the amusing relations of the 

 overseer, who informed us he had, from a very 

 tendei* age, a " propensity" to keep living ani- 

 ma]8«. Bince Mt ai^val xiL^iyi eonsiti^, be ]Mi 

 succeeded in domesticating a large number of 

 parrots, who went in and out of the house, without 



