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about sixtv vnnl? distant frnni tlie MiirviniiliirlnTc 

 river. The view, iVoiii tin* fVinit of the caviTn, 

 of the extcviur couotry was hcuutil'ul ; swallows' 

 nmisj BB well m fee xeslteas birds ^miis^ves, 

 wierenumjerous;; jiadthe ''^ Cfutfijiiaa^tm " wad 

 also Sfl!^ gi!sei%ing ^bout the limestone ranges. 

 The swamp oalcs, or Plnw'v," of the Mhori- 

 giiics grew liere in abundanee, indicating' by 

 ^glfc^ presence tiift cotim of <he nver. 



The aba£^^^ will luit Tgaiure ioi^ tih^ 4«ri^ 

 recesses of • OOVWl for fear of tllft 

 dibbil/' as tliev express it. In a small eave 

 attached to this cavcru a nnmbor of hunaaii 

 Mned htd recently been found, which tl was 

 ${|$rwstrd5 ^mmism^ weis^ those <^f ^ n^tim 

 feniale,i®d hpd h^ de^oi^^^ (in accord- 

 ance with a enstom ainon<^' the aljcnigines of 

 placing the bodies of deceased friends and rela- 

 tions in caverns, hollow trunks of trees, ts:c.) 



The]diteck'$W^$ '(^/^^/.^ phdoma) were at cer- 

 tain spots nnmeroiis about the river; they lay 

 several eggs of a light hhiisli tinge, but iit this 

 season the y<^nng birds Avere seen in the river, 

 also the young^ erf the different ^eci^ of 

 wild duck&, teal, &c., wMch aiJe totoKmB in 



tlia colony ; although neither the yonng of the 

 black swans or ducks can yet Hy, still nature 



