1788. holes or perforations were, had in general many k,noteixes
April. cut} for the purpofe of getting to the top of them. A f t e r
this we crofted a watea?-ccwrffti whipM^ihews, J u g r f t f
fome feafons the rain >nK*^--:heavyL
that there was, at prefent, but little water in'it. Beyond
the chafm, we came tp a^pleafant hilt,- 5 the - top * ofo which
was tolerably clear o f trees, = and perfc&ly. Lfr’eP from
. underwood. His excellency gaye it the ^nafeie^ of Belle
Veiie. From the top. of this Jiill we faw .a phafn of, hills or:
mountains, which appeared ta.be thirty ondfprty,- mjle$
diftant, running in a north and fouth direction. - Mhfi
northernmoft being confpicuoufly higher than any of the
reft, the -governor called it Richmond H ill; the;.next, .or
thofe in the centre, Lanfdown Hills.i and thpfe to the
fouthwaid, which arc by, much; the loweft, Harywrt&m
: Hills. | .
In a valley below Belle Feue>< we faw a fire, and by it
found Home chewed root of a faline tafte, which ihpwed
that the natives had recently been there. The country
hereabout was pleafant to die eye, well wooded, and covered
with long four grafs, growing in tufts. A t the bottom o f
this valley or flat, we crofted another water-courfe, and
afcended
hfcéndéd» a. hill, * wlierV''the ‘ wood faas fo very thick as to
o’bftruâ:- our' view.’ Here, finding' our provifions to run
fhortjSdhF* return-' #âs ^’concludedJ on, though with great
relu&ance;' as' it was ©uhwifh,’ and had been oùr deter*
mination, toVreach-tblbhills bèfore-us i f it had been poffibléî
In our way bapk, which weteàfily ’difcovered by the marks
made in thevtsëë’sy' we faw * à’ hollow tree on fire, thé fmoke
iffuing out-of the'top pafrt- as - through a'chimnèy.' On
coming hear, and minutely examining it, we found that it
hadheéfi let on'fire by the natives-; "for there was fome
dry grafs lighted -land put intcPthe- hóle wherein we ' had
Tup'pofed they' ufed to fnare or' take the animal before
alluded to. ! In - the; evening, where’we pitched our tents,
wé JÉhót TTwo crdws and-fome loraquets, for fupper. The
nighfwaVfine arid clear-; during which’ ’facï-often ‘hëaïd;
as i;bëfoïe, -’ a- ‘found like the ; human Voice, - and-, froin. its
cdàtimianc?é‘ óri ohé fpot, we concluded it. to-proceed from
a bird perched onfoine of 'the, trèeshear us-.n ""
' 27th. ' We how found óurfelves obliged to make a forced
march back, as oùr provifions wpre'quite‘ exhaüfted; a
■ cfrcumfta-nép' rather, alarming,1 in - café2 of* lofing our way ;
which* however*: we mét with no difficulty in Bifcovering,
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