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Perclr, and other fish — An elegant couple — Kan|?aroo dofis — 

 Black and white coekatoas — ^Vegetable productions — Mr. 

 0*Brl€iiV^ti^-';^(IS^ ^ timM^^^idi1S^ -^l^m^l^ t9' 

 v,^ilT(\s the AIurrumMSgee river— A bush truck -Ronifintic 

 country— Arrive 011 banks of the iMurrurabidgee — 

 Cross the river — Swaittp e&fesi «nd otto trees— Eemiirk- 

 able caves — Return to Yas~Superstitious ceremonies — - 

 Cr^'i-tal used in the cure of diseases— Mode of emploj^- 

 ing It. 



Lauge quantities of native perch are caught iu 

 tlie md MmmmhMgm the^ i Aeit fiavoar 

 is delicious : their average leEgtli h ameteen 

 iuclu's, and tho woiglit from three to six |to^md9 : 

 t]ii!V li'dvc howover ]wvn taken fi'OTn two and 

 a half to thi'oe feet in k'tigthj and weigliing 

 seventy pounds ; and some even of the enormous 

 size of om liuadred} €i%d one hundred twenty 

 pounds :* the breadth is great in proportion to 



* 'I'hi.s hsh is of the family of percheg^ and probably the 

 afi 4esei^l»041^J tim ^rei^ tutmralistSi as a mw getiusj 

 under the iianie Hf Gifpks Brtsbmit 



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