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time. The flour is best carried in canvass bags, containing 
100 pounds each, and should at the termination of each 
day’s journey, be regularly piled up and covered with a 
tarpauline. Tea, sugar, and tobacco lose considerably in 
weight, so that it is necessary to estimate for somewhat 
more than the bare supply. With regard to the salt meat, 
the best mode of conveying it appears to be in small barrels 
of equal weight with the bags of flour. Salt pork is better 
than beef. It should be deprived of all bones and be of the 
very best quality. I have heard spirits recommended, but 
I do not approve their use. Tea is much more relished by 
the men ; indeed they could not do well without it. A small 
quantity of spirits would, however, of course be necessary 
in the event of its being required. 
Mr. Cornelius O’Brien, an enterprising and long-estab- 
lished settler, who has pushed his flocks and herds to the 
banks of the Morumbidgee, was good enough to present 
me with eight wethers as I passed his station. It may be 
some gratification to Mr. O’Brien to know, that they 
contributed very materially to our comforts, and he will, 
perhaps, accept my acknowledgements in this place, not 
only for so liberal a present to myself, but for his attention 
and kindness to my men as long as they remained in his 
neighbourhood. It was found that the sheep gave but little 
additional trouble, requiring only to be penned at night, 
as much to secure them from the native dogs as to prevent 
them from straying away. They followed the other animals 
very quietly, and soon became accustomed to daily move- 
