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CHAPTER XVI. 



Flocks of pelicans and grey parrot* — ^Arrive at Jugiong — 

 A imy seeiie — the haxvmt^-Qma^k md Hsw^a— Mt. 



Home's farm — Domestic life among the settlers — Misjs 

 my way in the forest — ^IVIr. Reddal's farm — Disease called 

 the Bla^ Leg — ^Mr. Bradley's residence at Lansdowne 



M*Arthur's farm — Aboriginal tribes — Native costume— 

 Noisy revelry— Wild ducks and pigeons— Spiders. 



by a difeffiHt road from tliat by which I came, 

 keeping near the Mumimbidgee river during 

 the journey. Occasionally a flock of pelicans 

 C'Guligalle" of the natives) were seen: this 

 spelled Itss^MaelE mi while phunage ; the ba^k 

 and npp^f pajt of Ute wmgt» h&m^ lilack, th€; 

 leBaainder of the body white, with the bill and 

 legs of a yt^Ilowish colour. Black swans Gu- 

 nioek" of the al)origines) were also seen ; aud 

 among others of tlie ''plumy tribe" tliat enli- 



