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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 320
... miles and a half S. ( the land gradually sloping as they advanced ) , arrive suddenly on the banks of a fine river . This was named " The Hume . " This beautiful stream is found to be not less than eighty yards in breadth , apparently ...
... miles and a half S. ( the land gradually sloping as they advanced ) , arrive suddenly on the banks of a fine river . This was named " The Hume . " This beautiful stream is found to be not less than eighty yards in breadth , apparently ...
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... 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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