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tvere lV'(L't!lii*>', was seen. The tvws iR-ar the 

 river, iVtnii Ix-ino- cnnstinitly rcfVt'slird hy thv 

 water, hail a vixidness of foliage, whirh en- 

 livened tlie prof^pect, and imparted a smilinj^' ap- 



c client ; ti^Ht JS'laces now passed with so much, 

 fucilitv, ure, during the he;ivy rniiis in winter, 

 overflown, and rendered nearly, it' not fcotailj 

 impassable. 



After croisitif severd. creelts, (etnptyiag ^m- 

 selves into the si^mm of the Tumat,) midjidliag 

 abont eight or ten miles, 1 ;trri\ rd at a moiiu- 

 t:iinons rano'e, ealled " Meinng'hiiry/" npon 

 wiiieh were growing large (juantitics of a species 

 of C^ti!3^s tft^ •* MWW^dgee pine" 



by the <5oi<»ttist8y ,1mm h^smng hsm seen first 

 on tjie hills in tlie vicinity of that livt r : it 

 is named Kara hy the aborigines. The timber 

 is described as close-gTained and durable : the 



m&m trftedts vse H fi^ fiA-spears, on i^imt 

 of its %hfe0Less, ^hich oceasions H to float on 

 tlie surface of the water : the white and ratlier 

 fragrant gum-resiji wbieh exudes spontaneously 

 in tears or drops from the trunk, is also used 

 by them &r g0V?gral purposes ; and the largest 

 tr«e I ifkmH thit timg^ ym th^^fivft feet 

 iu ^Is^ipatiott, md one to oiio and a half feet in 

 diameter^ 



