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distant from Yas. We crossed tlie fxtcn-^ivr ])l;inis^, 

 and (.'iitcrcd a bttsli track leadini;' tlirniiLcli a Hiil' 

 open forest country - some of the land was boggy, 



but Ae most part o£m$i«Nl rf oj^ea teest^ witJi 

 tidk jpmmagjty waA waBi^lldrcuiiistsaced forthe 

 several slieep and cattle stations we passed. From 

 the general excellent ciiiality of land on and in 

 the vicinity of the Yas plains, as well as being 

 widl wittered, ext^as^v^ purchases ft^in tk'^ go- 

 vexbrn^nt have nHecde % like «6ttle^. al- 

 ready liaving grants here, and nearly the whole, 

 with water frontage, has been purcliasfd ; I am 

 inclined to think that this part of the colony will 

 prove the richest and most valuable of almost 

 my of th^ pi^^eiit ItiuQwn j^xtlmi^ 



Oto approaching il^IfftpsWB^^ river, die 

 character of tlie scenery increases in licanty, 

 assnniing even a romantic a]>]>earunee, — the 

 broken country adding to, rather than diminish- 

 ing tibe 0ffe# i' t^e day ^wm eTcmdless^ witk a 

 brilliant iaa, so the prospect extended to a great 

 distance ; — green sloping hills, thinly timbered, 

 onlv wauling the iiddition nf mun-inns to the 

 natural lawns and parks tu perloct the landscape j 



towers di gj?e^ y^ety and gay cdmrn ^ewed 

 gi?<^i:td ht ih^ ixSmss^ pt^imm ; tlie indigo 

 shrub {Ind^qfera amiraiy) wa^abp abwadantiu 



