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LIVERPOOL GOULBUEN PLAINS. 
not a chance of his expending a grain during the day. Some 
dogs Mr. Maxwell had kindly sent me followed close at 
his heels, as if they knew his interest in them, and they 
really seemed as if they were aware that they were about to 
exchange their late confinement for the freedom of the 
woods. The whole of these formed a kind of advanced 
guard. At some distance in the rear the drays moved 
slowly along, on one of which rode the black boy mention- 
ed in my former volume, and behind them followed the 
pack animals. Robert Harris, whom I had appointed to 
superintend the animals generally, kept his place near the 
horses, and the heavy Clayton, my carpenter, brought up 
the rear. I shall not forget the interest Thomson appeared 
to take in a scene that must certainly have been new to 
him. Our progress was not checked by the occurrence of 
a single accident, nor did I think it necessary to remain 
with the men after we had gained that turn which, 
at about four miles from Sydney, branches off to the left, 
and leads direct to Liverpool. From this point my compa- 
nion and I pushed forward, in order to terminate a fifty 
miles’ ride a little sooner than we should have done at the 
leisurely pace we had kept during the early part of our jour- 
ney. We remained in Liverpool for a short time, to prepare 
the commissariat office for the reception, and to ensure the 
accommodation, of the party ; and reached Brownlow Hill 
a little after sunset. 
As I have already described the country on this line of 
road as far as Goulburn Plains, it will not be considered ne- 
