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WE^pxofiidely scattcri'd, and n iniiltitiitl(_' of utlier 

 flowt rs, xy\ng witli eacli other in beautUul tints, 

 adorning the soil. 



The roads, or rather cattle-paths, to this plain, 

 led tb?<^gh i&film <)f Mllj and picttn^eiqtte 



scenery; liills towered above us, clothed at some 

 parts densely, and at others thinly, with various 

 kinds of timber ; a number of trickling streams 

 ran murmuring through the vales, their banks 

 covered witii a Inxnriaiit vegetation, wMe iJie 

 rirli pasturage afforded abundance of food for 

 the herds of cattle located here, and for the 

 kangaroos ami emus, which are numerous in 

 these valleys and ranges. 



the genus, P&miiderrk, W^rmgrn^ Gh'editeat^ 



Vei'ott'ica, and Acacia y were profusely in flower ; 

 and the flax plant, {Lhmm Anstralk ?) called 

 ** Warruck" and " Brangara" by the natives, 

 grew li^xnrimLtly nimii tbe^ ifl^t, :a.tte^i^ tfaa^ 

 hdgkt <i horn tm to fite feet,^ smit Iai:gest 

 circumference of stem, lialf an inch. This plant, 

 bv cidtivation, might form a valuable article of 

 commerce, and could l»e i)rocured in any cpian- 

 tity. Th^ ucatives fii*st pulling the bark from the 

 s^maj reinolr6 thie ^pld^i^mis the 4bx, and 

 dry it in the sun ; tlieythen manufacture it iutcj 

 small cord by rolling npon tlie thigli ; (a similar 



