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a ni&ii having n kangaroo dog with liim. The 

 liouTuI immediately set upon fhe diTio-o, but 

 four inore coming to the assistance of their 

 comrade, tiiey ttir^ lite langaroo dog very 

 severely ; Imt lite man, liy aid of slioutiiig md 

 sticks, drove them away, after much difficulty. 



On the t?6th of November I returned from 

 ** Gudarigby to Yas Plains, by a longer but 

 better load ^la^ti that l>y 1 ^siune ; passing 



land, the distance being eight of jdne miles 

 furtlier than by scrambling over the ranges. The 

 Ruhus australis, or Australian raspberry, (char, 

 mut'h, nuitlb iof ^ Yas natives,) was ahoudaut. 

 The Mit is smaU, devdd ^ flaTOttx^ tm£ 3oa%)it, 

 peril aj^s, be improved bf cultivation. It may 

 also be an interesting experiment to ascertain 

 how far the £xomrpus cujjr(!s.<^if'orme, or native 

 cherry-tree, may be made to produce a good 

 edible ftviit by gralll^ii^ or CttMre. The greatest 

 elevation 1 have seen this tree attsdn has been 

 thirty to forty feet, and a diameter of a foot 

 to a foot and a half: the fruit is insignificant, 

 and almost tasteless. There is another species 

 of Emomfm ^hunda^a^ about 6ooU»^m I^Mt^ 

 and 4>ther parts tb& eoi^y, sljfimbby^ setdom 

 attaining ukuv than five or six feet elevation ; 

 h^armg a white, instead of a red fruit<» as in the 



