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204 when we were quite cloe to them; but we were o little prepared for uch good fortune, that we were not able to kill a ingle bird.

A high wind prung up towards night, which eemed to threaten rain. As we had no place of helter near us, we were obliged to leep in the open air. We contructed a fence againt the wind with branches, under helter of which it was eay to kindle a large fire.

11th. On the following day we directed our coure eatward, and travered a vat plain, beet in many places with marhes, where the plants with which they are overgrown conceal the danger one is expoed to in paing through them. The water collected in the lowet ituations gives rie to a number of very fine rivulets.

A very large kangarou prang out of a buh about four paces from me. I pointed my gun at him, but it mied fire, and the animal walked off very compoedly, following one of thoe tracks through the thicket which they uually frequent. Thee tracks are covered paages which cros each other in every direction, and run very cloe one to another. The numerous prints of the feet of thoe quadrupeds obervable upon them, hew that they abound in this country. The bet way of catching them would be to hunt them with dogs, as they generally keep themelves in the