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ever, they turned in towards the river again, but we stopped 
short of it on the side of a serpentine sheet of water, an ap- 
parent continuation of the chain of ponds we had left be- 
hind us, forming a kind of ditch round the S. W. extremity 
of the range, parallel to which we had continued to travel. 
This range, which had been gradually decreasing in height 
from the lagoon, above which it rose perpendicularly, might 
almost be said to terminate here. We fell in with two or three 
natives before we halted, but the evident want of population 
in so fine a country, and on so noble a river, surprised me 
extremely. We saw several red kangaroos in the course of 
the day, and succeeded in killing one. It certainly is a 
beautiful animal, ranging the wilds in native freedom. 
I'he female and the kid are of a light mouse-colour. Wild 
turkeys abound on this part of the Morumbidgee, but with 
the exception of a few terns, which are found hovering over 
the lagoons, no new birds had as yet been procured ; and 
the only plant that enriched our collection, was an unknown 
metrosideros. In crossing the extremity of the range, the 
wheels of the dray sunk deep into a yielding and coarse 
sandy soil, of decomposed granite, on which forest-grass 
prevailed in tufts, which, being far apart, made the ground 
uneven, and caused the animals to trip. We rose at one 
time sufficiently high to obtain an extensive view, and had 
our opinions confirmed as to the level nature of the country 
we were so rapidly approaching. From the N. to the W. S. 
W. the eye wandered over a wooded and unbroken interior, 
if I except a solitary double hill that rose in the midst of 
