. Across Australia . ., and rode straight across very rough Bay of Biscaycountry until we came to where Chance was camped withthe wagon and our two other boys. Early in the after-noon we reached a waterhole called Munda, where weintended to spell for a day, as in this country and at thistime of the year horses have to be very carefully con-sidered. We were still in the drainage area supplied bystreams from the Ashburton Range. The water was quitemilky, but fortunately there was plenty of it. Threesides of the pool were surrounded by swamp, coveredwith a wiry Lignum shrub (Fig. 338) with a pecu
. Across Australia . ., and rode straight across very rough Bay of Biscaycountry until we came to where Chance was camped withthe wagon and our two other boys. Early in the after-noon we reached a waterhole called Munda, where weintended to spell for a day, as in this country and at thistime of the year horses have to be very carefully con-sidered. We were still in the drainage area supplied bystreams from the Ashburton Range. The water was quitemilky, but fortunately there was plenty of it. Threesides of the pool were surrounded by swamp, coveredwith a wiry Lignum shrub (Fig. 338) with a peculiarbluish tinge, growing in great bushes. We sat downquietly, watching the birds at work. About a dozenkites were flying around, swooping down every now andthen on smaller birds such as wrens and finches. Flocksof sulphur-crested cockatoos and white galahs, withtheir beautiful pink crests and grey bodies, werescreaming around, a few great black cockatoos addingtheir harsh notes to swell the noise. Little grass-green.
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