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dieerfulncss to ih^ leveller, ns well as to rln- 

 whole auiiiial rrriition. Tlie immcroiis fciillurcd 

 tri!>c welcome him with sougs imd ehirpiugs, 

 rarely heard in the lcs» «fatered and gloomy 

 places, so much aboiiziiiittg m th& colony : a 

 livelier green is seifeis lijLtlie folianc of tln^ trees ; 

 patituraji'e find floAveviiiG;: shrubs i-ast a IiL-auty 

 ovtii" tile soil, and the journey uhont snch places 

 is less fatiguing, because it is -itt<M?e ijiterestiiig 

 mi ehj6&di!^. It was notlMg mM^ i^t tmk^ 

 trees alsne^ided the traveller to these stations j 

 whereas, now n well-beaten road, passable even 

 for gigs, lias been formed, making travelling 

 upon it very agreeable. 



On my arrival at tfaift sta^oit, I fbcmd a num- 

 bn «if the native Hacks collected about, all, even 

 the ladies, in a state of nndity, naked, bnt 

 not ashamed some were busily employed in 

 making rude spearsj by sliarpeiiing the point of 

 a long stick, wUdi ai^cwardf tocten^ iii 

 the ire t wo^r^ pte|»aTing to huM their 



evening prey."* " Give them," the men at 

 the stations observe, over so niueh bread or 

 meat^ still they will hunt opossum mid otlier 

 gam€v** The spears they used, weriB fcw^elve or 

 fourteea feet ia length. On a suimy day, when 

 th^te is little wind> the water clear, and oom- 



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