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Ueiy. Al>ont tlw rlrvjitcd rid<i"('s, the hlack- 

 wattle acacias, in full Ijlumn, were nunieruus, 

 and their fresh and verdant foliage was well 

 CoiiitTastefl hy t1i6 lorld inelaticlioly appe^taiiee 



of tlir Eiit'dltjpi't tr^es. abound . A descent more 

 gradual ihuii the ascent, witli the soil covered 

 by long thick grass, hronght ns to a well- wa- 

 tered flat through which the Murrunibidgee 



mA Jterge creek,. A<m^ $ loid itt tihls {itte«s$ 



aud consequently reiulered iini)assable during 

 floods produced by the rains) the farm was si- 

 tuated. 



'^is place ^ s^ictded hj iQ^-mmjMA mmk- 



cannot be valuable except as a cattle run, for 

 wliich, from the abundance of grass and excel- 

 lent supply of water, a better selection could not 

 be made, b^l^ ^r tlieep the situation is too moist* 

 AlW ratH^ a la&6d<iU0 mi, Mgumg jOiairQ^, 

 we enjoyed, in a neat and clean liut, some fine 

 river cod fislj, tea, and delicious rich milk, 

 and our horses had, in tliis fint* valley, ex- 

 cellent grass. Among tlie feathered animals 

 aboimd is the U^&s^ giganim^ 



TeJJflJaa^, better known to the coloi^fetfe mid 

 strangers by the appeUation of Laughing or 



