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.NAllBANCUJLLliN. 



$Jt NarrangtlllQl," a fine flat, aI)oiindiiig in 

 excellent psisturag-e, with thickl}' wondud bills. 

 'Jliis was tovnu'i'ly a sheep station, lair deserted 

 from the great losses sustained by the sheep 

 devoutiiig laaiibBv* 



FroiU'ftlS! place we passed up a gully, boumled 

 by loftymomitain-. tliinly-wooded, winch lironght 

 us to the alnio>l i)er|)i iidieiilar ascent ol" an ele- 

 vated mountain, whieh certainly gave me a 

 t&g^ iim$ lot wliiii |?ati]^% jrana^ mnj have 



ones came into fashion. This I was told, was 

 one road to the farm, and the shortest, Init there 

 was another for drays not so steep, but iiiaiiy 

 i0iI(8S.fi»tii«^ i?OTatiii ty tot mm yre proposed 

 retfimlt^ ^ lihe to th& fym 



^ttduded. We led our horses, or rather they 

 scrnmlded up this steep acclivity, t(j the summit 

 of a ridge of mountains, from which the view 

 was magnificent ; it se^mftd aa ll Katoe had 

 fiport^&d «ttpei«fidfles xti the formation 



of this ttfOXliiSfi mountains (iver nuaint;uns 

 heaped : sonie were tliiuly aiul others densely 

 covered with timber ; the tunt ensemble formed 

 a splendid specimen of wild and romantic sce- 



« For ail accwunt ol" lliis* iinnaturul fact, ajul the sup- 

 ped ©WW* produced it, see a 9«|«iR«ite ncGOunt in the 

 Appendix, at the ctid of tlie second vt»ti«tte* 



