Irv, RiiiiiiLH^ ") Guulburn Plains, tlio rcsiiten^ 

 ut" Mr. Bradlry ; uiid alrli(iiii>'!i tlit^ davs previous 

 had hevii sultry and oppressive, this was so cold 

 li& io make it agreesjiileto tee a large wood-fixe 

 Maxing «m tlie puri^ ii^aarih, giviiif tih^ islo&e 

 of day the apppnraiice of a Chtistmas-cve at 

 lioiiie, altliong'li ill this country it was the heio^ht 

 of the snninier seasoii ; \n\t such atmospherical 

 changes occasionally take place in the colony. 

 Tli6 ^l^i^t iTmiphig mmsm-tpem (Mttm- 



wen^ numerous, and at tliis 



season serretecl the peculiar saccliarine mucila- 

 ginous substance called majma, which, in greater 

 or less quantities, was lying upon the ground 



hranchrs, in small white flakes, reseuil)ling'bit3 

 of stiu'cli- Tile taste of this secretion is sweet 

 and mucilaginous, having a greater or less ape- 

 rient effect on different individuals ; it is (pate a 



sugar, mA |»i<iofaal}ly fionte m^&&M i tdthostgh it 



readily acts dS an aperient on sothc persons, upon 

 otliors it produces no effect ; it does not dissolve 

 in the sun, but, on tlie contrary, becomes dryer 

 a«d[ of imt^ eonsistejcKse^ by expoatir^i raitt 

 dissolvieft it> bnt more SeCjfMoaa of it tafces pkC6 

 after Met than <turing a continuance of dry 

 weather. Many of the colonists supposed the 



