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fatten amazingly upon these runs/' Tin- 

 ** Black i":nio'(^" of mountains was pa??:t'cl at the 

 ** gap/' through which the road passes hdbre 

 amving at tbk stfiifim. w^im^t &mmg 

 tr&m tbe m&t d the Black rat^** Ml 

 mIO the ^'as, and those from the west into fltt 

 Murruml)id2;ee river ; and tlu' Yas empties or 

 unites itself -witli the Murrumhidgec only ii short 

 diateitce from this statioE, I was soon again 



** Jugiong" hj the evening, from which I was 

 Jiow distant eighteen mih^s. 



Before I had proceeded many miles, some 

 heavy clouds which had collected from the west- 

 ward^ poured down a deluge ^ raiii, aceoojpa- 

 nied hy violent ]>eals of thunder and vivid light- 

 ning : the electi'ic fluid hurst witli sucli crasliiug 

 sounds, that 1 expeeted to see the trees shattered 

 in ten thousand pieces by my side. Not luiving 

 eiiciudMed x)a(yMf k eh^^ I wan taUf e!^* 

 posed to the pelting for nearly half an hout, 

 when wind, raiu, and accompaniments stibsidin|f, 

 the re-ajUHnirauee of tlie <uu sonu dissipated the 

 moisture from tlie gromid, as also from myself ; 

 aud by die tiiii© I mrtived # the md of my jour- 

 my, my ^i^pstrel wits m dyj m when I set out. 

 Although this would have h^&a in our English 

 climate an occurrence injurious to healtli> yet 



