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MEN RETURN WITH SUPPLIES. 
at an hour after sunset, and which, from its heavy flight, ap- 
peared to be of unusual size, had so attracted my notice, that 
in the evening M‘Leay and I crossed the river, in hope to get 
a shot at it. We had, however, hardly landed on the other 
side, when a loud shout called us back to witness the return 
of our comrades. 
They were both of them in a state that beggars description. 
Their knees and ancles were dreadfully swollen, and their 
limbs so painful, that as soon as they arrived in the camp 
they sunk under their efforts, but they met us with smiling 
countenances, and expressed their satisfaction at having 
arrived so seasonably to our relief. They had, as I had 
foreseen, found Robert Harris on the plain, which they 
reached on the evening of the third day. They had started 
early the next morning on their return with such supplies as 
they thought we might immediately want. Poor Macnamee 
had in a great measure recovered, but for some days he was 
sullen and silent : the sight of the drays gave him uncommon 
satisfaction. Clayton gorged himself ; but M‘Leay, myself, 
and Fraser could not at first relish the meat that was placed 
before us. 
It was determined to give the bullocks a day of rest, and 
I availed myself of the serviceable state of the horses to 
visit some hills about eighteen miles to the northward. I 
was anxious to gain a view of the distant country to the 
N. W., and to ascertain the geological character of the hills 
themselves. M'Lcay, Fraser, and myself left the camp early 
in the morning of the 19th, on our way to them. Crossing 
