wo hm 
for me to collect in, See Fred Johnson after lumeh; he tells 
me that there is good feed at Klondyke, but does not tidnke the 
gountry will sult me for a collecting ground; it is very retgh 
and the big sorubs are all on steep spurs of the range and very 
aiftioult to get at. He said that the Vassey river country on 
the castern side of the range, is the best that he imows of but 
gould not say if there is any feed there; says there is good wee: 
feed at a place called The Farm, an out station of Silver Plains 
a mile or 80 fron the south branch of the Massey river. The Ferm 
is about twenty-five miles from here, and the road to it goes 
via. Klondyke. He has seen the big Parrot, (Z. pectoralis) and the | 
Black Coeky, (M, aterrimus ) about the Massey river, also numerous: 
other species of birds, which from his deseription, I gould only 
vaguely guess at, Later on I heard that a good bit of the Ferm 
and Massey country had been burnt orf about two mon ths Ago, BO. x. 
decide to go and have a look at it, Very hot and sultry to-day; 
late in the afternoon Thunder storms could be seen miles aay sae si 
Pea 
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the westward, | meee Be be a 
: mmaratiay=26/10/2 ae ~ ere has the horses in carly, their peeks: 
are pretty right; out a few ola dags and Use then for extra ead 
— dle-eloths, we are leaving some of the stores behind £0 a5 to 
. Lighten the loads # bits Load up and start oft about. 40am, Go = 
out along the Pt stewart road for about four miles, then head 
6 the Stewart river for a mile to the ‘Klondyke track; g0 
ay 80 as to save the horses as much as possible, — ‘The 
ere on at is very rough untill we ee 
s station oreek, eight miles ‘from Goen, is ‘Pretty — 3 
| Jake eet 
