less (uit," sniil to I in l)rong']it from Clilna, that 

 yirhls greater returns tliau the usually cultivated 

 kind. 



On riding thtougli plaii^s^ a munifeer of 



meroiis eagle hfiwks, (Mollien of tlie natives,) 

 and otliers of tlie same rajjacioiis trihu, liovor 

 about for the purpose of darting upon tlie unfor- 

 ttmstl^ ythm started ; ik^^ liwks W3l 



alsQ di^s0y md upm. snakes, fi^i^ds, dec. 



On the 2Sd <rf iiecemljer I left Yas Plains for 

 Svdnoy ; in the evening I arrived at " Lome- 

 braes/' or " Willowdaloug/' the farm of Mr. 

 John Hume, after a journey of twenty-^wo miles. 

 This fam is situat^i dose to a i*iV^r, mMch 1 

 WHS surprised to iiJltd WHS tlic Lachhui." At 

 this season it was merely a chain of shallow 

 ponds, aboun<ling with weeds, and even in the 

 winter season, from the extent of tlie banks, it 

 ^kniiot atfeaiiEi any magmtttdie | pl^ObaLhly hjaid 

 of tributary streams* &im^ iu its cottm become 

 a river of more iiiiportanee. About this eountry 

 the heat of tht^ sinnnier bad not l>een so grt-at as to 

 parch up the hmd, whieh still maintained its 

 v^urer J but 4ihe nte y^mt of l?aiiety in several 

 psurts of the colony, produces a tedious v^xtitj 

 in tlic mind of the tmveller when journeying 

 over it. 



A |)lea>iiig ottji'ct in douie&lie lih' auiuug ihi' 



