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ency of grass. On the contrary, this part of the interior 
is decidedly well adapted for pasturing cattle. 
About 1 p. m. we passed Mr. Hume’s station, with whom 
I remained for a short time. He had fixed his establish- 
ment on the banks of the Lorn, a small river, issuing from 
the broken country near Lake George, and now ascertained 
to be one of the largest branches of the Lachlan River. We 
had descended a barren pass of stringy bark scrub, on sand- 
stone rock, a little before we reached Mr. Hume’s station, 
but around it the same open forest tract again prevailed. 
We crossed the Lorn, at 2 o’clock, leaving Mr. Broughton’s 
farm upon our left, and passed through a broken country, 
which was very far from being deficient in pasture. We 
encamped on the side of a water-course, about 4 o’clock, 
having travelled about fifteen miles. 
On the 19th, we observed no change in the soil or aspect 
of the country, for the first five miles. The eucalyptus 
mannifera was the most prevalent of the forest trees, and 
certainly its presence indicated a more flourishing state in 
the minor vegetation. At about five miles, however, from 
where we had slept, sandstone reappeared, and with it the 
barren scrub that usually grows upon a sandy and inhos- 
pitable soil. One of the drays was upset in its progress 
down a broken pass, where the road had been altogether 
neglected, and it was difficult to avoid accidents. Fortu- 
nately we suffered no further than in the delay that the 
necessity of unloading the dray, and reloading it, occa_ 
sioned. Mr. O’Brien, an enterprising settler, who had 
