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BUGOLONG STATION. 



sirotmd resembled an extensive pm^fc., The grass 

 was luxuriant and vcrdanr, liaving- not yet been 

 paxcbed by the summer lieats ; and traveHing 

 iwra» BOW Tery agreeabfei. After passing ' ' Bur- 

 ratngnllctt,*^ (asktMrn bdoagiMgto^Mr. Barbarv) 



and Bowninp; Hill, or Mountain,* (a conspienous 

 object from all |)arts of tin* Ya^ Plain^^,) I arrived 

 at " Bngolong," a cattle station, at tin- di.stanee 

 of tliirteeii miles iatQim Yas, belonging to Mr. 



fmm ike-imat of the mmm-^ mdk-k^^ t& 



I remained here a sliort time to refresh tlie 

 ]tOTge> as at tliis station there was abundance of 

 fine pm^. Tb4 tm^ tim fej#d i Imt itt 

 ih^ winter season, during wet weatlier^ dre almost 

 izoijj^issable. The country in its general ap- 

 pearance is broken, but very ]>ictnresr|ue ; 

 abounding in grass, but in most parts too moist 

 for idiee|»> attbouj^ essteeU^ for t^e, tAtah 



♦ XJjKHi this mountain, and some other dP tlie hilly 



country in the vicinity, but tint, 1 believe, very common, is a 

 species ol" kangaroo rut ; Narru " of the aborigines;) but 



■f Most of tfee^ $totions in tlic interior have the nati\ e 

 names of the plftOft ^ivcn them ; but Uiej are ol'ten better 

 lmowa%4li^iw|tiae ^ tht ^m^^'kil^ij^hiiim^ m h the 

 above instunee, to wbicb many otheifs mij^ be added. 



