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that the child was sick and would never have grown up, 
adding he himself did not patter (eat) any of it. 
Many of my readers may probably doubt this horrid 
occurrence having taken place, as I have not mentioned 
any corroborating circumstances. I am myself, however, 
as firmly persuaded of the truth of what I have stated as 
if I had seen the savage commit the act ; — for I talked to 
his companion who did see him, and who described to me 
the manner in which he killed the child. Be it as it may, 
the very mention of such a thing among these people goes 
to prove that they are capable of such an enormity. 
We left Yass Plains on the 14th of May, and reached 
Sydney by easy stages on the 25th, after an absence of 
nearly six months. 
CONCLUDING REMARKS. 
To most of my readers, the foregoing narrative will appear 
little else than a succession of adventures. Whilst the 
expedition was toiling down the rivers, no rich country 
opened upon the view to reward or to cheer the perse- 
verance of those who composed it, and when, at length, 
the land of promise lay smiling before them, their strength 
and their means were too much exhausted to allow of their 
commencing an examination, of the result of which there 
could be but little doubt. The expedition returned to 
