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swamps and I poked round a few to
see WOOD DUCK and BLACK DUCK. There
were many mobs of kangaroos, but we
were disappointed to see no Emus which
are said to be common and for which
the forest, broken by heathland and with
very little undergrowth, was ideal.
  We came to where the road
crossed a canal which we followed up
stream for half-a-mile in a patch of
burnt scrub with bracken till we came
to the reservoir. This still had many
trees [crossed out] still [/crossed out] growing in it with the margins
covered with Leptospermum. The only
new bird on it was the MUSK DUCK and
in the stringy-barks along its margins
were STRIATED THORNBILLS. 
  We went on a little way to
where we had lunch. The forest was
here more open in character, bordering
large areas of Leptospermum on our
right along the banks of the Glenelg
(which we never actually saw). The