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atnusement, tliey displayed iiinrli a* tivity, ami 

 ill iiCMvlv every instance succeeded in re<2:niiiiiif>j 

 the stoiio betbre it reachetl the bottom. The 

 competition among them to catch it, was highly 



Til ore were a niimbev of the abongines about 

 tliis fiirni, wlio uiatb" tlienisclvts occasionally 

 useful by gTiuding wheats and other oecupations ; 

 \mt no depeiid^tte^ em he placed upon tfeiiif m- 

 dmttf ^ imk yihm th&f i^ms^^ ^e-^ 

 main idle when they like; the latter b^i^ ^ 

 most frequent occinTenee ; liut they are encou- 

 raged for their valuable assistance in finding 



strayed caM^, m tiHey tf th© hems -^(Mi m 

 acouracy seldom or never attdned ^ Muvo^ 



Th^ baiilb abounded in trees of oTior- 



mous. size, and were i)rofusely einbclUshed with 

 el^ltudtt flowers. 1 saw a species of the Eucalyp- 



tiisj called '^Wme^mni'* Ml a iundred 

 feet in elevation, andsix or8evenfeetindiametei%* 



* AUuding to large trees^ I heftrd a person, who had fully 

 persuade liimi^ of thfe feet, Endeavour to impress his 

 auditors with the belief" that a tree existed upon die estate 

 of the \ an Dieuiau's Land Company niDe hundred feet high ! ! ! 

 This gigantic vegetable psodufitldn wmS^ certainly beat 

 *' Raffle's flowxT,^' or ** CrftwfbrdV root,** an^ must be very 

 valuable if only as a g^ratitfc citdp^ty^ 



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