Three expeditions into the interior of eastern Australia; with descriptions of the recently explored region of Australia Felix, and of the present colony of New South Wales . en found in a deephole within a short distance of the tents. The supply, how-ever, was not sufficient for the bullocks, which were conse-quently restless, and seemed so much disposed to rambleduring the night, that two men placed in charge, found itextremely difficult to keep them together. This difficultysuggested the plan, which I on subsequent occasions adopted,of confining these animals at night, within a temporary st
Three expeditions into the interior of eastern Australia; with descriptions of the recently explored region of Australia Felix, and of the present colony of New South Wales . en found in a deephole within a short distance of the tents. The supply, how-ever, was not sufficient for the bullocks, which were conse-quently restless, and seemed so much disposed to rambleduring the night, that two men placed in charge, found itextremely difficult to keep them together. This difficultysuggested the plan, which I on subsequent occasions adopted,of confining these animals at night, within a temporary stock-yard of ropes, tied between trees. Dec. 19.—We left the ground at six and in an hourand half, arrived at the stream of the valley, which I nownamed Maules river. Here, leaving Mr. White with theparty to encamp, that the cattle might be watered and re-freshed during the day, I proceeded with the native and twomen, to examine the mountains before us. As we advanced along a rising ground, the native disco-A-ered a dog, and on following it to a little brook, we cameto a fire, with a large snake roasting uj^on it; and a wooden —- ^ ^ m-- - ^•^-^??• --^. water-vessel on the ground beside it. The reptile was evidentlythe intended breakfast of somebody, whom our approach had 48 RANGE OF NUNDAWAR. [CH. IT. disturbed . * Mr. Brown soon discovered that the fugitiveswere females, and, following their track, he found a bag,apparently thrown down in hasty flight. He called loudlyand repeatedly, at the same time tracing the footstepsthrough the long grass into a rocky glen, but no person ap-peared. We placed the grilled snake, as it seemed quite cooked,within the wooden bowl, and we left also a head-band(ulngiicr), which we had found near the fire, and we thencontinued our journey up the mountains. This range con-sisted of a different rock from any I had seen in the country,a chocolate coloured trapean conglomerate. A very darkcolour distinguished these rocky masses, which te
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