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The Gorrrnor Fimlfay lias returned from the* oast coast, and brought safe y bark the* adventurous party who loft us in April last to attrmpt to penetrate to the Bofiea hil's of \Ve regret to say that theyfai'.i’d in iheir endeavour- to gain arces* to that highly cultivated and interesting district. They passed through the entrance of the Min Kiver on the 7lii May in a pleasure boat, containing thirteen men ; namely Mr. Gordon, the chief of the expedition, and the two Reverend .Messrs. GulzlufT and Stevens, Mr. Gordon's servant, a tindal and eight lascars ; and to avoid Foo chuw-foo, the provincial capital, which stands on the left bank of the river, they made a drtuur amongst some islands, lost ihelr way, were obliged to retrace their path, and eventually to pass Foo chow-foo in the middle of the day oil the Oth of ; May. The local orticers allowed them to pass without speaking them. They were folnwed, however, by some government vessels, who kept a respectable distance astern; and nothing occurred to excite them but tho beauty of the scenery and the highly cultivated state of the countrv, which gradually rises on both sides of the river, to lofty mountain**; and, occasional'v, even abruptly from the river's banks ; and where a Ihit spot intervenes lictween the hanks and the foot of tfie hids.it is p'autcd with orange and mulberry trees. Of grains, more wheat and barley were observed growing than rice. They ascended the river a ;ainst a vorv strong current fur about seventy miles, when one day they were unexpectedly attacked from both banka, by a fire of matchlocks and swivels, which knocked away part of the gunwale of the boat, and wounded Mr. Gordon's servant, Lewis Fernandez, and one of the boat's crew. Properly considering it folly to persevere against such unexpccted.determined, and oven treacherous opposition, they turned their boat’s head, and during their vovage
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Sydney Herald
Sydney, New South Wales, AU
Mon, Oct 19, 1835
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