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We camp between the river and a large, probably shallow lagoon, on which [Wommai?] has just now shot a duck, 2 goats ... ...running into the river ... cropping it. 25th Feb. After sunset it became very cloudy and it was occasionally drizzling almost during the whole night. SS Easterly ;breezes. Today it was equally cloudy and equally drizzling showers with the same wind. We went to the northward and for a short time to the NW which brought us again to the river just opposite [Basachcamp?] camp. Here we saw about 6 or 7 blackfellows and gins who betook themselves to their heels. I had not come so far to the Northward yesterday as I expected. We came frequently on sandy scrubby ridges, with the peculiar dense underwood occasionally opening with silver leaved Ironbark with acacia of James creek Jutzia? the narrow pinnate [Capia?] this sent? srr?? small grassy plains on which several sidas? Hibiscus of Li ... plpl and the new Malvaccon .... .... in full blossom Donthorien? was a prevailing grass? the Bricklowsend?? was open and the travelling easy of gol?. dense with Banksia? bushes near the river the acaciaacecta?/Sapeiercous{?} tree with bright green leaf ...rather an open scrub ... abundant on all the ... the other spec. of Senpoketes? abundent in the scrub parts of the scrub particularly in the openings. We past some magnificent lagoons some of which appeared to be constant. On one of these lagoons I said? for the first time ... which I saw formerly ... on Browns lagoons, the larger ... ... was .. a great ornament of the dreary scrub,; it grew ...ally in small patches - the Vonga Vonga pigeon was heard frequently this morning in the Bottle tree scrub, one of the Bottle trees was a very fine specimen of its kind. Turnbull found again? several interesting mantifloes?? a Wallabi was skinned.
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