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Arrive at Wombat Brush-Animals called Wombat-Parched country-Road-side houses-Colonial English-Column to the memory of La Perouse-Death of Le Receveur-Sydney police-office-The Bustard-Botanic garden-The aborigines-King Dungaree-The castor-oil shrub-Diseases of Australia-New Zealanders-Australian ladies-Prejudice against travellers from Botany Bay-Anecdote-A fishing excursion-Cephalopodous animals-Conclusion of the author's researches in this colony.
On the 30th of December I left Goulburn Plains, and arrived the same evening at Arthursleigh. On the day following I crossed the "Uringalle," (more commonly known by the name of "Paddy's river,") and arrived at "Wombat Brush. " This tract of forest land was so named from being formerly frequented by a number of the animals called "Wombat," but which are now rarely or never seen in the vicinity of the settlement, the whole having been nearly destroyed. About the Tumat and Murrumbidgee country I witnessed numerous burrows; and certain marks of the animals indicative of their presence; but they can but seldom be seen, as they remain in the burrows during the day, coming out to feed at night.