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AQUATIC lOWL 



abounded ; but those wlio iiiatli* tlic ;i!fsci'tioii 

 )iave yet to learn tliat it is not all <iol(l tliat 

 glitters," for oo cxamiuatiou the glittering par- 



WA$iL{H3tiittobe <ftiiiik, &t 4ist^€S ih»m three 

 to "font hundred yards from tlu". banks of thu 

 river, opposite to, and not far distant from, Mr. 

 Warbj s farm, at a depth of thirteen feet, in au 

 afiui^al soil, a quaaatity ol eliatctml 'fbiiad, 

 nnd at 4 fiuriher dep^ iwetxty fett ni^or^ 

 discovered. 



Abundance of river eod" was taken from 

 the river, and I had usually plenty of fine fisli 

 M Ipng as 1 remained iu this or the Tumat 

 eouiit^leis, in tlios^ fBXiBi ailja^^nt io the Ibid 



A^iuatic fowl were not less abundant, 

 more especially the Bbick duck," or Buddin- 

 boiig," of the natives ; a sjiecit's of teal, the 

 Towrodey" of the natives, and VV\>od ducks/' 



name Ku*n4ruk, resembling the sound l^ose 

 birds nttet,) all afforded an excellent meal, 

 oftentimes even with the addition of green peas, 

 as most of the stations have small vegetable 

 gatdeoB nttmhei to themti Wild ixvt' 



hesf^ of tke c(Amy^ liamftf^ of the natiyes^ 

 (a species of Ijustard,) is occasionallv seen 

 about this part of the country and \'as Plains, 



