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portion to the length of tlie IkkIv, liaviiig' tlie 

 appranince of a portion of it l>ei«o' acciilcntiilly 

 broken otf, but on examination it is found to 

 H tt« natural fomation ; they crossed the road 

 bisii^ tis, Bioiri&g v^ry ^sl^w, ^ dli mo^^ 

 any signri of timidity at our presence. ThisspeCiea 

 is said to lif eaten l)y tlie aborigitiPS. 



After passing the trap,* or opening in the 

 motmtdiai tasige, ttooixghi vMtk like tmi to 

 Yas VMm IM.^ ym ^Mti^^ for t^ lkm miles 

 tliiroui^ a still interesting couatcy* About this 

 place several of the varieties or species of 

 JSucali/ptus, ivJiich have opposite leaves of a 

 bluish green colour, their sui^um Mmg ^fShMeA 



abundant ; it is from ttdbf jG^Bage that the 



laro-est (juantify of tlie camphorated oil, which 

 so closely rescndjles the Cqju putt, is pro- 

 duced^ Some contain it in such abundance as to 

 cover ih^ hmd wilsb oil, 'when ^lie ef th^ Im^es 



is g'ently rubbed against it. I am informed that 

 the oil lias het^n extracted in the colony for 

 medicinal purposes, and, I believe, will be found 



* T]ii$ in die mountain range was discovered by 

 Mt« Hiuiiflton Iftime, (in the expedition tnade to 

 stjutli-west of Austniliii, by those enterprising travellers, 

 Messrs. liovell iuid Hume;) and fran; wliicli tlie important 

 ^iBtsQvery of Y&& (or according to ibe atK»rlginul proniOA* 

 ctadoiij. Yar) Vlmm was m^e. 



