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but thoy i\rc so xcvy sliy, as to mider it difHcuit 

 to p,vf M itliiii slif)t f)f tliom. 



The following iiioriiiiig (^Dcccnil>or 9th) I pro- 

 c&sd^A trough the ** Tim»t country..'' On te^T- 



varied by ])Uiiiis iiiul hills, tihoiiTn!iTi<«; iti pas- 

 tnnio'c. in whielj tlu' kaii<:>'aroo-(>Tasi^ ( AnfJifj^fcria 

 australis) grew to tlie lieigiit of four feet^ and 

 nmieco^^ Greeks emptying their waters into tte 

 fitre^iD of the Tumat* The nimierous kgoons 

 3Ii4 fat$9 SWUaitpS or liiarslies, (for by all those 

 nanus they seoiii equally known,) had a fres;h 

 gret:n aiipcaranci', occasioued by the yoiiDg 

 teeds t'pringing up, which are greedily devoured 

 bjr cettle and h<irscs»» as in that st^e^l growth 



they^ftfe^iwrt't, and contain abundance of muci- 

 lao-e ; as thrv adxamc in crrowtli, the verdure 

 they possessed is sncceeded ))y arid brown steins, 

 surmounted by feathered blossoms, which wave 

 aaid bend wi^ 4 ¥tt$timg rv(^^ td breeze 

 that sweeps by them-- The road continued 

 tliroiio'h a jdeaf^ing conntrv, abounding' in vales 

 rich with veoctation, ahnut which hills, thinly 

 scattered with treesj ljut densely clothed with 



herbage, m©a of dtffiBmit ^mm and hfiighfe^ 

 vark<l1)y the Swmp oaks,** Water gum," 

 and other Eucalyivti, which, by their greener 



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