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a)if'ufom\) wiTt' irarino' a^Kiiil , in sean li ol IVkmI. 

 fnit risiii*;' wifli lionvv f1iu,]it on hvuv^ (listnrl)t il . 

 After an agrceahlo rule (if fnnrtccii milt'.-, we 

 urrived at Mutj mut hllij/,'^ the farm of Mr. 

 Beddal i Iiere w feajaiaed for tli© ni^it.* 



morning, wc passt^! an interestiag 0|>en i\\rc<t 

 cniinlrv. posse?s!iiii,' souk; ^ood land for t-iilti- 

 vatioD, and abundance of fine hcrhafvo for gra- 

 zmg. Many of ^ #fl»t|oiis appcareii 1^ 

 d$3s^p M Mi^&py fnit dl« mm W ihe moimtain 

 ranges, liad fine feeding for cattle. Altont 

 noon wo arrived at Goinwyig,'' a cattle sta- 

 tion belonging to Mr, Kennedy, of Appin. 

 Our Tiimt^ <B«otiiLU«d through a tfill Ijeauttfiii 

 cmMsfi: Bim^Ssag^im imh^e, m^^x the 

 most part an oj^en forest of much picturesque 

 beaut\^ ; Idoeks of jarfinitc, grouped in various 

 forms and of all dimensions, appeared elevating 

 ^mselvfis above tjje laafi, dttJwning the sum- 

 mttB of the hilH oi^ protmiiiiig ilhrdiigh the de- 

 clivities. 



Black and white cookatpo^^ ^P^^e^/ij^l^^, 



* \Vc tn';t«l some excellent ale nliit li Imd been brcMTil 

 on the iarm, and it was gratifying to find tlmt so wholesamc 

 a beverage eoiild be macfe by the cd!bii!istS4 The hop thrive* 

 well in tlii^ jnu t of the colony, and I understand sttCCecda 

 even better ou the farms at the Hunter s liiver*, 



