Note 29 — JOURNAL OF VOYAGE ON THE MURRAY.
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The trees on the Murray being of large size and lofty growth, it cannot be doubted that timber cutting and rafting in all its branches will erelong be introduced on the stream; on parts of which saw mills might with advantage be erected: the timber, when cut down and sawn, being formed into large rafts, and floated down, as on the rivers of Europe and America.