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Page 83
... Miles of the top runs very scrubby . Intermixed with many Vines , and particularly at the very top , & on the other side we saw a very fine Meadow , flat Country with many Kangaroos & Emews the Timber runs very thick & Short , and ...
... Miles of the top runs very scrubby . Intermixed with many Vines , and particularly at the very top , & on the other side we saw a very fine Meadow , flat Country with many Kangaroos & Emews the Timber runs very thick & Short , and ...
Page 151
... Miles , thro ' a very low country , with very little Timber on it , which , from every appearance , is at times much flooded , when finding the river took too Easterly a Course , I left its Bank and went South about Seven or Eight Miles ...
... Miles , thro ' a very low country , with very little Timber on it , which , from every appearance , is at times much flooded , when finding the river took too Easterly a Course , I left its Bank and went South about Seven or Eight Miles ...
Page 573
... miles of its length ; 3,600 square miles of forest , plains , valleys , which in richness of soil , pasturage and situation cannot be surpassed ; 2,000 square miles of a coast range , with the most excellent quality of blue gum tree and ...
... miles of its length ; 3,600 square miles of forest , plains , valleys , which in richness of soil , pasturage and situation cannot be surpassed ; 2,000 square miles of a coast range , with the most excellent quality of blue gum tree and ...
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