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           JohnMangleswasofthesameopinion.TheyoungcaptainsaideventhatorderswouldreachtheDuncanmoreeasilyfromTwofoldBay,thanifamessagewassenttwohundredmilesoverawildcountry.

           Hiscounselprevailed.ItwasdecidedthattheyshouldwaittilltheycametoTwofoldBay.TheMajorwatchedAyrtonnarrowly,andnoticedhisdisappointedlook.Buthesaidnothing,keepinghisobservations,asusual,tohimself.

           TheplainswhichlayatthefootoftheAustralianAlpswerelevel,butslightlyinclinedtowardtheeast.Greatclumpsofmimosasandeucalyptus,andvariousodorousgum-trees,broketheuniformmonotonyhereandthere.Thegastrolobiumgrandiflorumcoveredtheground,withitsbushescoveredwithgayflowers.Severalunimportantcreeks,merestreamsfulloflittlerushes,andhalfcoveredupwithorchids,ofteninterruptedtheroute.Theyhadtofordthese.Flocksofbustardsandemusfledattheapproachofthetravelers.Belowtheshrubs,kangarooswereleapingandspringinglikedancingjacks.Butthehuntersofthepartywerenotthinkingmuchofthesport,andthehorseslittleneededanyadditionalfatigue.

           Moreover,asultryheatoppressedtheplain.Theatmospherewascompletelysaturatedwithelectricity,anditsinfluencewasfeltbymenandbeasts.Theyjustdraggedthemselvesalong,andcaredfornothingelse.ThesilencewasonlyinterruptedbythecriesofAyrtonurgingonhisburdenedteam.

           Fromnoontotwoo’clocktheywentthroughacuriousforestofferns,whichwouldhaveexcitedtheadmirationoflesswearytravelers.

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