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sounds; at the same time adilingjn tlieir peculiar 

 Euglisli, Old ifoman Gahimj. <jalamj, no (/of, no 

 make a no'tse;'' iiiiplyiiig that tlic ieiuales do not 

 |>o$se^ tEese itntii^^l liiSFtrtiiit^tf . .There are 

 «eve>?al &p$dm $^mm imm k i^u^tralia. 

 Diinng rain, these in®^ Mteife; l>iife re- 

 com ui en CO their rlanionr on tlie re -appearance 

 of fine weather. The native blacks at Goulhum 

 Pt^iis toM me that #0 uiaBna produced by one 

 of the EuMfpti tem, t^* mm^m») the 

 excrement of this h&mt i this, pr^l}a|fy, ardse 

 in tlicir minds, from those insects appearinti: on 

 the trees in tlie winged state, about the same 

 time that the manna is secreted^ 



Several j^tfuets had lately %mtL t%&t, shmi the 

 Mun'umhidgee ;nid Vas river?, with phmiage of 

 a brownii^h Itlaek colour, hills and le<>s black ; 

 there was, also, a liird ^ceusionally seen in tliis 

 part of the colony, hearing a close reseiubiance 



to the swilb) hat msly mm dua^ng the of 

 Pebniary and March, fircquenfeg apot^ wWe 



the grass w as on fire, to catch insects, &e. 

 The afiorigines of Yas name it *' Kriolon/' or 

 " Kriola," 



Oii tk€ 7th of Decffittfber^ I laftlfas for the 

 purpose of i^^ting the biit little ItBoaam. mmJ^ 

 about the Tumat river* The roads were in ex- 

 cellent condition at thi» season^ and t]ie country 



