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taylok’s rivulet. 
line of route on a poor and sandy soil, which improved after 
we passed Elizabeth Burn, a small creek mentioned by 
Mr. Oxley. 
We approached the river again early in the day, and pitch- 
ed our tent on the summit of a sloping bank that overlook- 
ed one of its long still reaches. We were protected from the 
sun by the angophora trees, which formed a hanging wood 
around us, and, with its bright green foliage, gave a cheer- 
fulness to the scene that was altogether unusual. The 
opposite side of the river was rather undulated, and the soil 
appeared to be of the finest description. The grass, al- 
though growing in tufts, afforded abundance of pasture 
for the cattle ; and, on the whole, this struck me as a 
most eligible spot for a station, and I found it occupied as 
such on the return of the expedition. We had encamped 
about a quarter of a mile from Taylor’s Rivulet, which dis- 
charges itself into the Macquarie from the N. E., and is 
the first stream, upon the right bank, below the Wellington 
Valley. 
Immediately after receiving it the river sweeps away to 
the southward, in consequence of which it became again 
necessary for us to cross it. Our guides, who were intelli- 
gent lads, led the cattle to a ford, a little below the junc- 
tion of Taylor’s Rivulet, at which we effected a passage 
with some difficulty ; the opposite bank being very steep, and 
we were obliged to force our way up a gully for some eighty 
or a hundred yards before we could extricate the team. Pur- 
suing our journey, in a N. W. direction, we soon left the 
