1811. DEPARTURE FROM THE ASBESTOS MOUNTAINS. 
29th. After remaining so many days stationary, the men had 
become rather dilatory, and were so slow in putting the waggons 
into travelling order again, that our departure was delayed till be- 
tween four and five in the afternoon. 
In half an hour we cleared the Asbestos mountains, and entered 
upon an extensive plain, the soil of which was of a red color, varying 
in places with clay and sand, or a mixture of both, and generally 
clothed with low bushes. No land could appear better suited for 
agriculture than this plain, which would, more than probably, pro- 
duce excellent crops, if sown just before the rains set in ; but, unfor- 
tunately, no permanent springs have yet been discovered upon it, 
which might enable the inhabitants to reside there during the 
whole year. We passed a grove of Acacia aioiniphylla, whose soft 
masses of pale foliage produced an effect extremely beautiful and 
elegant. 
A range of black craggy mountains stretched from the Klool", 
and bounded the plain at a distance on our right. The strata, how- 
ever, were not horizontal : their huge masses of rock were pro- 
gidi patentes inermes. Foliola 
glabra integerrima linearia obtus- 
issima, versus apicem latiora. 
Cassia arachdides. Cat. Geoff. 1680. 
Herbacea humifusa. Folia — 5- 
juga. Foliola obovata, apicibus ro- 
tundatls vel obcordatis. Racemi 
simplices axillarcs foliis longiores. 
Legumina ovali-orbiculata mem- 
branacea complanata. Planta facie 
Arachidis hypogsetE. 
Acacia atomiphylla. Cat. Geog. 1685. 
Fi-utex vel arbuscula 8 — 16-pedalis. 
Spinae gracillimae rectae patentes. 
Folia tomentosa adniodum sinmi- 
o 
laria, (quasi, pectinata simpliciter 
pinnata 8 — 19-juga, foliolis lineari- 
bus;) sed revera, bipinnata, pinnis 
18 — 24-jugis. Foliola minutissima 
seminiformia arete compacta, ut 
quasi conglutinata. Flores in capi- 
tulis globosis longe pedunculatis. 
Legumen tomentosuni t'arctuin line- 
are indeliiscens. 
Justicia 
Barleria 
Acanthus 
Apfosimnui 
Sida 
Convolvulus 
Phlomis 
Pharnaceum 
Melianthiis 
Nemesia 
Calendula ? 
Cclastrns 
Hermannia, 3 sp. 
, Mahernia 
Tarchona-idhus 
cum pluribus aliis. 
