Letter received by Banks from John Hunter, 1 July 1801 (Series 38.19) - No. 0002

on his Memorandum transmit to Sir Joseph the information he receivd from the three People whom he had sent to the SW. of Parramatta to search for a Passage Westward through the Mountains – All he can say at present is, that they got thro' but with much difficulty. The natives who inhabit the back Country, & who are extremly thinly Scatterd, say there are better passages to be found, but from our own experience, & the native Account, it would appear that our Wild Cattle will find some difficulty in getting far into the interior –

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