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ijtreain obtains. Thus, tlic Yas river at one part 

 is railed Gonduroo" by the natives, and this 

 occasioned many to snppose the correct name of 

 ttet Yas river was *' Gondaroo," nvM it 



the portion of t (nintry of the same name thi:0U^ 

 which it passed ; afterwards receiving the nann:! 

 of '* Yas,'' or ^' Yar/' when flowing tlumigh 

 its plains : by the latter name, however, the 

 m'^te sfmtn is ksk&mt tf> Bnropeans^ VfiMi m 

 ■a better method of nomeiielatnre tll^t 

 adojjted by the natives. Tln^ Tnmat at Mr. 

 Warby s farm was called Btswuck," and as a 

 variety of the river cod " receives the same 

 na^re nam«> file dYer tdght dtk&T be n^ed 

 a^ter the number of the fish found in it, or the 

 fisli from being fonnd abnndant in that parti- 

 cnlar ])art of the river ; for a very short distance 

 further up the stream, the aborigines bestow a 



iithitsk it t mmUm these circwaista^tfcye^ 



hoping some future traveller may have oppor- 

 tunities of further inquiry, eonhrniing ray state- 

 ments if correct, or refuting them should they 

 prove eii^^^m 



Tha mid 'm mi $hsM "Am Im&a i# tlie Mm- 

 rumbidgee river has a glittering appearance, 

 which led many to report that gold dust 



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