[Journal of an Overland Expedition in Australia by Ludwig Leichhardt]@TWC D-Link bookJournal of an Overland Expedition in Australia CHAPTER I 6/37
In the forest, Ranunculus inundatus; Eryngium with terete simple leaves, of which the horses are fond; Prasophyllum elatum, sweetly scented.
A new composite with white blossoms, the rays narrow and numerous.
Sky clear; cumuli to the S.W.; wind from the westward.
Ridges visible to the N.N.E.and N.E. At the outskirts of the scrub, the short-tailed sleeping lizard with knobby scales was frequent: one of them contained six eggs.
We camped outside of the scrub, surrounded by small tufts of the Bricklow Acacia. Droves of kangaroos entered the scrub; their foot-paths crossed the forest in every direction. The thermometer, before and at sunrise, 32 degrees; so cold that I could not work with my knife, away from the fire.
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