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one continuous nvcr, as seen in the nccompa- 

 iiying diagram, the water supplied by each being 



A Muirumbitlgee llivcr. 

 B Tamat Uh&v, 

 C Creek. 



D Wheat paddock. 

 IS Badclock, 

 F House. 

 G Stockyard* 



b Pebblj bed of river, 

 r High Sanies. 

 d High declivities of hills. 

 e haw med^ bank, 



Hig^ banks. 



nearly of equal pvojiortions. The Tumat river 

 (wJiicli I i^iiw as high as Mr. Hose'.-^ cattle station 

 at Been/' and a distance of twelve or fourteen 

 m%i^ heymi tte station^ making a dliitsii^ 

 ftctttt the junction of fofly at i% mjles) yrm 

 equal iu hrcuilth and depth of stream to the 

 Murrumbidgeiv had numerous creeks enqitying 

 their waters iuto it, and also swamps about 

 its banks, overflom dturing floods, and even 

 now ml^sad^tig 4 Isu^ qtsm^ty^ wafer* Among 

 other creeks which &SLl^f themselves into the 

 Tumat is a fine stream, called hx tlie abori- 

 gines the ''Been," or " Gheek/" from which 



