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liero it is mru that an}' ill effects arise from it; the 

 saiiH^ remark may equally apply to tlie custom of 

 sleeping in the bush at night when traveliing, 

 $Kim wMcli m traveller hm inowB to sim- 

 tsaxL injury ^ The rcmd 6<mt!aued exedleii^ «s X 

 proceeded ; hut during the wet season is probably 

 (heing similar to that iH'fore passed ovei') nearly 

 impassable. The feature of the country was open 

 forest^ abounding in loixuriant grass : oocc^on* 

 My ^ 4^nier fdre^t yr<mM. ytixj the ^ene; llm 

 MQm were thinly woftded, and the decliviiie^ 

 carpeted witli verdure. 



At last, the gloomy appearance and jieeuliar 

 growth of tlie ** swamp oaks" indicated the 

 vidni^ of a ei^e^, wMeh Emptied its^li intd the 

 Mnmtmbidgee river; and, on ascending the 

 hill near it, the ripe wheat field, and mnd 

 hovel appeared; and Inrge " swauip oaks,-" 



water gum/' and other trees, directed my at- 

 tention: Ibei^t^foxi; wlere ilm MvmmUi^ee 

 tbrtt &m&i t iMs ym ihe station named Ju- 

 giong%" the property of Henry O'Brien, Es({. ; 

 and, descemling' tbeliill, 1 arrived at the dirty 

 Init of the station, my only place of rest for the 

 night, after a journey of thirty «six miles* 



I fmM: in ^lis, m in «»t^ lnst»ime!», M^t^ 

 animation and beanty in the vicinity of a river, 

 tha.n in other portions of the land; imparting-^ 



