TIlF. IIUNTEn AND )[,\NNING mnm5. 189 138 that is, olle person for cver)' 6~ square miles. The '\I'hole amount of the live stock, both in the counties and squat­ ting districts, i.:s ns follows, viz. : -

Cll:\PTEll V. IIorSl.'ll 3t.,:lG7 UQt"IIl'd Cl\ltle 4~ll,2!l9 Pigs - 16.465 Sheep 2,210,&99 ,. llitissinll1' ~n'is; Ql1in'lue gft'E''5 illi b.1!nnt'l1n, 'Iu,na rroib?n~. There is mucll alhn-ial land, of the first quality for ArlU<'DI~. ~t lerr:l11l cell.UlU ,crl<'~l :lnllrli. .. cuhil'ation, on Hunter's Hi,'er, and its two principal tri­ \ lit(:• • EII, "11. 53'). butaries; ,md there is llluch v;\lunllle pasture land in all •. Fin' Ilf'nb.Ii~,' I>lr:lstures 6lrtl, His land. 11 I",udft'd ~ "lie of OX~n 1111"<1," DII1·D':~. the !el'en counti~, together with much abo of an inferior ch'll'actcr. TlI[ lcrritorr of New Soulh \rales ('XlClllls for n great The ag:ricultural capabilities of much of the available Jistance (ron; Sydney. as a centre 1'0illl, to the Ilorthwnnl, land in t;lis district generally arc of the first order, t1S it southward, and \\('slwanl: 1 propose, thcn'fort', 10 Jlrc­ not onl)' produces fair crops of all tile European gra.ins, sent tile r~ad('l' suc('cssi,'c!Y with a gCllcral description fruits, and roots, but is admirably adapted for the Culll\'a­ of each of these tllI"CC great tlil'isions of the colony. lioll of the vine, and of tobacco and cotton. The di~trict beginning with the Hunter auu i\lanning RivCI'S to the ,t! of Hunter's HiveI' is also the great coal-field of the nonhward. colony, alld the Irade in coal is alreadr .conside~bI~an~ 1I11111cr's Hi,"",. ris('s in tile great dh'iding range of the rapidly increasing. The Jll'incipal 1011'11 in the dl~trl~t IS co'on~" and "':lIeu a lnl'ge extent of "alnahle agricultural )Iaitland, situated nearly at the head of the navlgal.lOn, and pastoral country ill its course to the Pacific. In with a I>oplllation of 4230: the tOWn and port of. :Se~'­ reeci\'e~ Ihe upper part of its eOllr»c, it many tributary castle, at which the l'h'el' diselllboglles into the P3cdie, 1Il streams, each of which I.a$ its separate I"lllc}', with its Inlitllde 32" 55' hal'ing a population of I:HO. There are agricultural and pastoral rlOpulalioll; and lower dowll. other smaller towns in the district, which will be men· whcre it is nal·igable br steamboats, it is joined by tll'O tioned ill the se{lue\. olher na"igable l'il'cn from tllc nOl'tbll'anl, the Patlcrsoll The following is a Heturn of th~ agric..ultural prod~ce. aud thc Willialll. The countics of NOl'thulllbcrland Ilithill the Police district of i\laltland , for Ihe ~enr Hunter, Phillijl, and Bligh arc "ituated on Ille south side' • cuding 31st March, 185'2:- or right bank of the rh'er; and those of Glouctster: , .• ,. '91 or tbne 7,122 1I(,~ Tot:>1 neTtS ul,.Jer cu '1\':>11011, '• d " Durham, and Bl'bhallC 011 thc north, or Idt bank. Tllc . od' 110051 bush~l. lIn b were under WhClIl, f",' gra'lI, 1'1' uc>Ug , d '. loJr are~ of these ,;even counties is 1.5,590 s{luare mil(>s; and . III tons' 4997 acres un er IUa,~e, 1I(,~ for h:l~~!~u:~;gbusbcIS. ~lId' 27 for gTftR food for "'1ul.. ; their pOllu!ation, on tI,e 1st of ?llarch 1851 \las SO ",_0 \,. ', ,;:>0. gr:llO, IIt"OdU"',o """"')' for , ..alu, proolleing 16,929 bUiilll"ls, 69~ ~ It I. ~11~e C~lIlltic,,> IIOII'cI'er, arc connected tlu:; s(luat. 799 ,IN">:I nn er '" ~, hug dl~tnClS lllllllcUiately herond tl,em of Bli,dl Lil'cr- , 1'1' N. 'c ,. d;~tr;"'l> poo alllS, I;W I'.nglull11, and Gw)'dir, comprising ....·cd, ;s 0111) III1C of Ill... polic... al~a of 5~,0913 Seplarc miles, with a populatiun of 8,610, , "ilhill lhc ~c'Cll couulic' e'\"llIlC""IC,1 ,,\.love. 190 IIlRTom' 0[' NEW ,~OIl1'n \\',Il.l-:S. Till> IlUS'TLR MO) M.\:O;:-J .... G :ns. 19/

for ~n food fllr colllr, mul iI f<)r lIoy, prod"cing 1119 tons; l~ -~:lIldl,ills m'tl ~\\amr~-II,c principal prolluction of the ocr." "nder ,).>1$, for grain, prod"ciu!; :!~O hushl'!~, 90 for t::'reeu loclllily I'eing obtaille,1 I"r{Jlll Illltlrrgrollntl. There is (l. food. a,,,1 a67!- (or h:l)'. pr.-..:I"ring Gl(l lOll!: ::!~~ "cr('>l "ndn r~r. 1'.'lIHlrbhl... if'!o; IJut a mole or l'Tooace, ]ll'r lie..... of !~~ b",h.. ls ,,'11";11, :!9 bushcl< llloitc-, :!I I,re:lklltlh:r !.as Il{'(n C'Jn;lr!.',·, 19 husbds 0,11$, 19~ bulcn.h·e coai'O or three ~bo\\". 1',.('1 Ihid., II hidl :lpp'ared from Ihc deek of the ~t('am­ Abstract. COlllllilcd frolll Ihe "Shipping Gazette." of bi,It-llt II,at ::\e\lea~llc will b,'come thp Grain _ bush. . '00 ~obX'OO_k..gs I'lilll'il"tl ~t"lt of il_ lllanulacluling illdu"Jrl', It has the Wbnl-bu.b. - ~:?7S (· ..~I>t'Ii_<.':I..... 1\,"lulll a,I'alllaz,· fur lhi .. purfl'O~e of an' ine:'illau"tible :' ba£1 , Ilol")t.'S "• bu~h. ~:! -ttpl'h' "f co,L!, anJ a 1'31 uour fil 1'01' ~hipJling of allY !'r ~",dli"g hlabliaVle "':'itt'nllhe IT\U' )bize 111eal_ bags " "6 llrall -bagl ' .." "until"'" 10 llIalt'ri.. 1 f".' ,Ill lhc m(l.lIul:tClurt's of Europ('. ,i~. "001, ('andlt.'S_oo:,,1.'S Ha)' -Ionl ", CI,,·(:&<,< • .:,\IIUII, flitx, h"llIp, :tlhl ~ill.., Tllf're \I as an il'''''' rounder)' PotatOl'$ -Ions :J:W'" IS! CD'es _ ,tllll a ':tlt l\t}rl. f"r sOllle lillle in Ihi. ,i('inily, lJUl vullt ., b:I,,! ~2i' , Ollimli_~1:1 _ .. l~klg<:s , "I' 111\'111 lIaHl r,.~1I ,1i~COllli"u('.1 rot' ~el'("ral years pa,,!. Co~I"-10JlS _ M~urd ked_ busb. ", tt'4 I'Ju'rll \\,,~ :.1'0 a dot I, Ill:\"ltf:1t;It.)r~· of eOtlsid"rnvl" ,'\Ielll '11 ~"l'l: ..~~l;.r operallull for se>'f'ral yC;'I'l ~IA:'NI:'r. mvutS, 193 '. Imdll'" in the 'lIf'an lime g: lown of wilh :tll the appendages of .. tli... ,~ill"'<:· I 1'·- tpmrtns for ... "cr)'bod)' \\ "ich such an cst:'lhlishrnent im­ '"'" <> ,,' ,','" Iwnal !{'IlJ..lI\cllt.lherc I:H u<-,'11 I'lil~. ~oh.lien ,,"11"11 ,'I'WC;\~ t".· ' B.. t ther(' arc 110\1' no lon;;cr an)' in the .I ·"-"I"I(·t1 ,m the lli~h\·~t l:md n.-ar tlie 10"11. It I'I:tcc, :trill Ihc lJuilrlin:!~ :lrc cOlIsl""-juelltly going 10 wrcck a WIlIIIIIl • ~ . .",. · I.' , , mall)· '"car... · hUI .1 hrlt ~IO(.( .,0 Oll~, h:H1 !K'<'1l (ISll~('{ o· ., . :lnd ruill, A -imilar hilt lIIllch more extensive suite of , '''1I011< till obil'cl fl'om the .,('c so~d by :\\lC~IOIl, nil order came oul from I,ome to reduce tbe militaryesta. and till'}' were pllrcha~ed acconlillgl} by a Scotch tll,lllder blblllllC!lt of thc colony tn a GOI'ernor's guard. Al the ·I I", '0' ,,,, XOsoollcr, ho\\cwr, had the Sile takell sugS~tcd III [11'1" -' • latc p-encral election, I to the citizrns of Sydney II!JlCC, Iban Ibe har!Jour-ma"ter, anotln'r Scotel'luall, \I ho that the }:ell' lhrracks, which were thus in great mea­ hall not J.K>en clllIsulttd ill tln:: maller, anu \la" not aware ~ure rendered unnecessary. should bc cOIl\'erted inlo a of the cirCUlu-lallCC till it ,,:IS too Intc, "l'Otc 10 the Lunatic .t\s~·lum, :t" an appropriatc memori:ll of the wi>oe annullcd, oll account of tIle importancc of tl,c Soulh Carolina, that the Ihitish barracks of the old land-mark to nal'igr\lion, But tl,e 'Iily bnildcl', Ile~'l'illg coloni:ll regime ill that cit), had beell cOIll'crled into a of the Cil'CullIstnnce, ansiugs \\ llich the colon)' de­ million of acre! of land in Ihe ('olonr, fr.:c of co,t, \litlt ri,"es frotn the Il'Melll of centra1iUltion. as Illllch con,'ict laoonr besides as Ih~ Local GO\~'nlln"llt Tlu,re \,as bc.::1I a large e"p.entlitun" inClined, within tI,e cuuld ~parc, :lUll a munopoly of all Ihe cual lIIiul's 01 11ISt fe\\' )'car~, in the creetion uf It military LalTack ill tl.." \'01.. 11. K 19-1 11lSTOHY or "'H\<" SOLiTII W,l.L£S. Tllf: IIUNT£I, A;\"J) )[,I=,l\INQ mn:ns. 19.5 ·" 'Crlr8! It i~ fQl'IIllW.lc,IIO\\'CI'C1', the eQunln' ror I IIll' ~ ) , .. the r"c1 nh'el" ilUd Livcrpool Plo ins in the interior, in ;.,. ,,"'i'~C m:l'"'nificcnt Jlch('lIIl's of lud,- forlhcpu.. ,clla" '" lil'll 01" a silllilol" extent 011 the eO;L5Ll' ., ." the ('",PCIlSC of whole commu· t1'c~e \idual :Ig~ran(,IzelUelJ •. •. With prelilllinar)' obseTl'ations, the reader will . - ,. ~ leec('d The Al1stralmn .\Crlcuhurnl nil1cs, ,'cIT rllfC) ~I' . ~. . understanu tI,e allusions in tIle following Rough Noles ." nt its outset the faifest plofesSlons of 11 Journey which I luatle ill tlle month of November, COllll)[lll)' pUI r01 I• . . '0 \1"1 at it was "(11)0' 10 do for the co- 1830, 10 1I11nter·~ Hh'cr, anl! from thence acr~ the and pronll-Ses, as I " . '? . lOllY, nol forgetlillg CI'CIl the Abongllll's, who "ere to L\ustralian Agricultural Comp:I1lJ'!J land, to thc )Ianning: . ., ., _,_ of the belldir. I lH\\'c IICI'cr llcaro, Hh·C'r. 'flipy wen" ]JulJlislled at the time in a Jlopular come 1I1 or It ~ I" .. • lIowel'cr, of its doing all)' thiug forthc colony In an)' wa)'. coklllinl journa.l ill 8)'1111(')'; alld as n pCl'8ona[ narr(lti"e i!J In sllorl, cupidity was its IlHlinspring: ils Illanagcme.nt generally more illlerc"tillg than a lIIere deserilltion or was long characterized by the shccre~t rolly-, ~nd liS ,\.:;ricullnDI COnJll:ln,·'lI E!;tate nt Port StcJlhen natural result was di~al)poilltll1cnt. One of the directors and acro>.Slo Ihe :llauning Fii'-cr _ 43i,I02 acres. Ditto.:1t Li\"crj>ooll'lains, n Iraet of an oblong ha.;; l'ecetltly gone out, at the in~tance of the ~o~npany, shape . - - _ _ :<49,600 to rrdnce the establishment, and to ]'e\'OlutlOll1ze the Ditto_ nt [he I'ec.'l Rivcr, la tDeI of irresular out- line - - 313,:!98 \\'hole concern; and in both of these object.~, I under­ stand, he kls madc considcrable progre~s nll'cad}', :'oly Total- 1,000,000 nd,'ice to those eoncerlled would bc 10 lIil·idc the e~tate. C(luntr~. and other property, ;l1tO such portion~ :IS would M'1I to The t<>llo.... inz if :l description of the Li\"erpool Pl:uns pril'ate proprietors, and to dissoh'c the COlllj)anr as from an Ul1j,uhh.hed ICIICr Qf OT. Leichharot"s. Cassi!i" tbe Slan. ing [>0;111, i~ in Ihe t·Pller Ilnntcr l)i'lri~t. speedil)' as possible, The land was originally selected "I 'n,nt n(l the l.;'-erpool lbnge (from Cauilis) ... ilh a gentle_ between Port Stellhen and the )fanning Hivcr; but Sir In311 ..ho T:lS {;oing 10 eSl3blish a ,hl't'p.~13Iion at tbe R:mgt. .\11 Edward Parr)', wbo "as the Company's Commissionrr for dIe ~I"'no and t<.'C:ombry r:\tlgn, a$ "·ell :tS the Li ..er"]>ool Range a time, recommended that the land illlmcdiately 011 the ilSdf, are clltird}' flal al thc lOp. YOI1 dinlh up ,.ilh pe31 dif_ coast, which was generall)' \\ol"lMcss, sllOulJ be sunell­ ticnhy 0' Cl· loosc, sltnl·Il-"uged, h3nl rocks, and )on find yOlll'scl1: tv d",red to thc Crown, and a ncw !X'lectioll tuade of jlUl't of YOllr agTC't3b!... surpri.>C, on la pbin 110 smOOlh thal rOIl Illi,;ht dri..... the grant; and this recommendation l~ing acceded to in la rnrriage. The I'bin of tbe Li..erpool Ran.;" is 31~1 lbr(>,> nul..., broad. 11.1' TO('k beoo1 PJailJs,~ :Ill ext,·n.;'·e u~lelSly upeuded - bt,ing ~iluatcd whcre ,'cllSo:li canllot come le,-d C(lllntry, ihowing a black .wil Cll\"('JX...J Wilh gras«, "ilh ("...... _ ...;lhil1 a mile of tile ihore! Ifthere bad been no dl~1' \nler within /,os;l,r and Uy••,"_, (onnul}' the 00110111 (If", l.:lrg" inlanUI thcn: ,,·jlh hill. nnd ridg~ rising like i~bnd5. Th,·.... hill. aI',' "ilh,·.. ,,:u; a I,lace WlIC,"" thc d«:p W~lcr i. dQlie to thc 10l1d and fr~8h san(!qone or 1>.1,:111. The 5:",d.lon" is ro:«.e :lnd soft, Th" lIah'I' Wll,ter, '.·hidl was 1I000t, found ill the first instance in ll:ut loca!il}', nlld allllllspltcl·C ha,·c wash",1 thc i,,,,,l olf, amI tonn"llI Li'",.r ...1" ha~ rcclully beel! UbtUlUed Ibcr" b)· b<.riug, 6aod f"",," ...Ile 10 Ihret' llIil,'lI bl"(~"" n'''"u lhl! l'rill~;p:u l'hlUlI;.,ilU.. IL 2 196 IIl~T.)l:l· 0.' :n.w SOlrU '1'.\1.1>. 'fUr. IlI\"Tf:H ,\'li0 )I.\X\"I~G mn:ns. 197 ~("elles Irll~l tho:-~' ~'QI Llll.aCel'lllahk' rlml so:-elwry, I will be ~'''I''('''''' i~ l'''''jrlQr al all IIIe<:t'ngs of tile Bisholl's or Dio­ Irt :r,he "0\ Ige di~posed of durillf: the night, Nc\\"c,,~tle )o;'roour cesan ('Ollrt, '1'110 bishop lIin'sdf al.>o is alwny.• chosen by th" ~IIiIC I co",r,;" 1\0'" 10;> whll it has """1' \){ol:n till \'Cr)' re~O:IItl)' ~o.· whole t'O3n. like ;\Ir. Uu.",lIo :lod )Ir. BC:llIlish· (no.. of Port npon ,l~ .,iII -..a1('N. ...ncl'l h('n :I rolitlr,. Sle;llllcr "':l!! p:I~,"g 10 I'hillip), has ch:lr,gn of In,. kind bro".S'ht I/,,,,inst him, he ill :l11o...cd :lDd fro bd....een lI"nle", Ill ,r Ind Ih... ('";\pill'; _, full of hfe and 10 spnk for him",lr iD open COOIrl, In,1 crery nwo,mbo:r or lhat lB<.>lion. fbunting "ith $Iar, Ind ~Irtpn. h "'IS thought ~mark:lb.le COIIM ••1."lhcr clerical or laic, has hbeMy of speech also on Ihe laSI ('('lIturr thlt Ihe e:lnhqulkt' II Lisoon should hl\"c been feh In c:t$C; which is d<'<'it:kd 3t Itllj::th br the "otes of the majority. the ,he We~' Indi ... ~; but it i. s"rel~' .\111 I"ore remarkable th:ll th... hi,hop merely giving his cas,i"g "ote when there h~Pt'"ms 10 be 3n ~bakillg of ...arlh in their tillS aud cradles by tlie gold seekers of e'lllalit}" of '·OIt'S for and again.t. ~o'" Ihis is rtl'9'Ou.> {,!JUI!! iD (':,Iifornia 5houlll h:lrc bet,-n ro sensiblr fdt as il is hen: Oil the ~:llit.'". :lnd il is Ci>fnti~l to Ihe progre t'Vt'n of t,,,it li/,frl!J in I"\'m<.>le coost of Aust""lil. ICross dlt: oouodll'5S I':ldfic. Ind iD 111I~ Ihi colon} thlt Ih" Prolestanl Episrop.al l..'hurcb••·hicb (Qffiprlscs opposite "'mi~pMre. No ff.-er Ihln I"'fnlr Ameri<:30 sbiJl$loodillg >0 luge :I rroVO",on o( Ibt' fnli~ populalion. should obtain Ihis COIls for &In "'",,nci~ at preseot in tbis b:lflM>ur - it is a n'O$t measul"\) or dt'gret of libr.-n)' as ~pet.>di1r IS poss,ble; (or cj,·il liblon,. int~rCllin" .ighl. Onlr Ihink of theu ~eS5('ls tr:'lnsforllll1lg ~uch :Lnd religious lilx·rt)· :ll\\"IYs go togclher. The Colonial Episcopal solitar)' isln as Wf ha"e hilheno 1Icen :lCeU.IOL"ed to con6id"r Chureh, how","e,', 'l'lllnn'cr oLt3in this measnre of rdigious hberty Tlhiti, l'iL~3irn', Island. the Sand\\'ieh IslaT,ds, anu the Nudg3tors' ulllil, like its sist",' ('hul",·:, in ,\nlerica, it is entirel)' separated Isllnds, of tbt nSI Pacific. inlO lhe mcr(' balf'''':I} houset of olle from the ~tate. all,l ldttu il. Qwn inhe~nt energies Inu Ihe Cbris­ of lbe greal commercial bigh""ars of Iht' ....orld. This is dl'<:idl"dly tian ~~ mpalhil'S of ils fl"OPI". .'or cHr~' .t::piS((lp;tIi:ln coogn-garioo Out of thc mOSI .-ond,erlul rt~oIutions of this TCTolutiooarr I~t. in this ('(llooy 10 I••ye the tl,oice of 'IS o..n miniM ... r. U ....fU a.s or' .. Thursdl)'. Noy. "I. - Uld the Uisbops of l\"e"C:ls,le and Kc... " lay ddef:"te to f\.·pr.-st>nt lod "ote for il in all Clses. lik" tbOit' Zealalld IS f~Jlo .. passeogen to Morpelh, bUI1I$ these ecclesiaslic:l1 jnst refcrf\.~IIO, io tbe Bisl....!'· eourt, would be of ilLfioilfl~' lP"·:lt... r dJf:nitaries neither slept in the geneml eabiu. nor breakfu~Ud at ('Qu$e<]u"nce tu tbe r,.,,1 wclf:II'e aud "d"llu<:elOt'1l1 of lhat eOullllu­ Ihe calli" table, nor paced Ille deck with the COllllllun herd of cabiu niQn than ,,"eo to ha,'c 1';,uOOI. " )',,"", as at pr~scnt. from th" p;lsscogers, but mlinta;o('l! tll" isolJtctl posiliollther h,d 'Iken uI" public Ireaillry. (or the support of r~hgio;>u. '-or lb:lt moo,.y. fron. url)' dlwn tilllh" .('MerS arrival al her binalion, ou lht "llhou~h llrofcs"o,>dl)" ('("'tributro br th,. {;o.....rnlIlelll. is in ro::llily l~k elfvat~ pbtform ntendins across lbe YI'S$fI bIol"'«n the paddle Ul.CD 001 of Ihe potkeLS of till.' in lhe fiN( io..t:ltKe, ano:l bous• • f had mcrel,. Ihf honour of their ('(llllpan)' :lud nolhi"g of ...ould doubtloess be lJIutb wore judi<:'olUly ,1i>tribut,.,J if lcft by tlit' the btnc6l Anificial d;gnilr pt'rhaps reqlliTC1l :I lillle isolation Gowrnllltnl in the hands of th" JlCOllle. 10 be dNl! Out by Ih ...",­ fn. ;\1; npport_'l lelH the Craml I,ama of Thibet thinks »0. The sd,',.. to th" "'Olit dt"'''';''g. l'ha,,!;t'! c""" 01" ,his m"goitu,lt' will A\lO'itle Puul, however. was ofa differe"t opiniun, w!len u I,assenl>"el' on boord the good ~I,;p (;Islor and l'o11u.~; olhen.ise he could .. CI"rgrmen of the Colonial El'i.cupul ('hureh "ho ,~ultl ",~t IIQt have made 110 OlIU)" COOVfrls as ht did durinl! his vo}al;l'S ,-on for", 10 Ihc ":nn"",,t PIbt"} i~ ... of lhc ~olou~. 1...1 who h....l Ih,'r,,· "Tht'5(' \"0 I>lshops. it~",". are 51yled """"<»o"r.J "i~ho~ a"d flH'\.' boxn olihg..... 10 Id"" it ftn" I'or! l'bJllip a lloard or M",ioos hu jlllot beeu furmed in Ihe wlouy uud"r ,heir ., 19S llISTOr.Y ~••• Sr.W SOl'TU W.\U:S. ~onslilution. :'~l bot 'Juile I'r.leti(':lble under (Mlf ((lrlhrom;ng and W. Robin!Oll, whfJ Mndll"1S with gn'at credil and allC~S a I't"pee­ ..-11... b'.... the ..-c1r"ro of 11ll' rolon,. 31 l,e;l1"1 ,nll of roune do thc'r I:lble :I":lll,....y at Singleton, :lnd occupies tbe Scotch :'rlanse. :lb. R. UIDI"'" to clfl'd them. "':la f'lfW' of a numerous COqlS of schoolm;u;lers whom 1 had becon .. Mrbrolhcr, Mr. A. '_,ng.of J)ullmore. ,!. P.. had sent" "'~n' for instrun""ntal ill brillsin~(lut to Ihe colony in Ih" year IS3? It me to rid,' 'H'er to his pbc(', 31>0111 four uHles from E35t :\13"I:md. ,.,-as IWcllli~rlr gratif}ing to find him doing ,rell- much and deSl'r­ I ~ceol1linglJ took 1he road 300llt."0011, lout '. 113<1 SC31'Cc1" le(t ,'cdly l'(,sl'<,etetl. l;asl )bilbud when it begall 10 rnUl "cry lu,'a,-dr. amI 1 11111"11111)' "I had not IX'CD at Patrick'a Plainsfvr nineteen ycars before. The (,lIo11gh pUI Ill' my nmbrl'lla. ~o protecl Hl,:sdf from il. BUI like t»wn of~ingl('lon *, which is really a rcs[X'ctable colonial towll, ...itb ('('Main other rolouial aulhonhC!I. the I1l:ln' 11 appE'ars had p3Ssed a a coosiMl':lbl... cum""r of creditnbl<: buildinw;, h:la sprung ioto rtyw/(l !}'Mrtlll, for all travellers 00 ber h:lcl.:, to Ihis effl't':~-:

.. Sunday, ~ov. 10, _ PTl'acbl'll. in tht Presbrll.'ri:!n Church, a H J)di"ered a lecture. or addreu. luiltd to the gtntral state and nut briek building, to a congnoga'ion of about a hundred-n good IlfOSp<'CtS of lhe dislriet, in the Conn 1[ome. at Scoue, at three one for the interior, The minis'er at Singleton "isits this loeali'y o'c1~k, J'. Jl.; pointing oUlthc importance and necessity of making once a mOlllh. Afterward!! rode 0"1'1' to Aberdeen, an incipient , Will... combined effort for the llrelcnoat;on of a snllicient supply of viUn:;:c about eight miles further, and preached again to [I. con_ wa'er il) sueI. loealitics. both for tbe ordinary purl'O'es of maD, grega'inn of about fifty, at four P,ll. Donald i\J'!ntrrl.', Esq" of and for parlial irri:;atioll. againSI the recurrenl.'e of such cnlamilolls Ca)'uga, llC" and Thom:u HaU, Esq., J, P., of lhrtbrook, bolb sea$()llli of droughl :IS Ih" pt'('kllt; ami showing how olher cOUntrit5. I't$ide in Ibis laighbollrhood, and 1l'cre present III d,,';u(' $tr"iee ~iDlil:lrly Silualed ;u '0 e\inuk, cspccinlly in tbe ancient .orld. ....ith lbeir falllilin After stniee rode 10 )Jr. 1I:l.1I's, whl.'«' l 1,;tU 10 l!ep"'oo priDcirallr, if not exe\"sJ'rel}·. on anilieial.uppliu s~nl the Dighl. Mr, Han is ooe of lht sons of Ihe latt Mr. Geo. of Yaler, I also IlOiutcd out the .onderful :Idaplation for Ihc pur. conu~TallCt', HaU, of Pin TO....1l, ....00 arrived in the oolony as one of a Slll3l1 posn of of..hral> Iraml'(lO.u, or .ooden rail.a)-s -10 be bod~' of P~Jteriall cmignnts, chieflr from Scolland, nod formtd construcled elllircl} of tbe iudigcnous limber of tbe colony _to tbe an 'otnnt1ll8 ~l1cmenl on the hank. of tht Ihwktlibufl' at "ants of such a co'llltr)' and dim3tt lU ours in tbe IDltnor....hen> Ponland Hnd, wh~ Ihe}' e~led, iu the Jellr 1809 at a c~t of neilher food 1101' \laler can 1.M.' ololaine1l for th.. working ('aule in about. 4~., the first pllce of ....orsl,iJI erected bl' the ,'oluntnry seasons likc the preSl.'nt, With llrtifi{"illl supplica of ,uter aDd contrlbullOns of the P"Ollle on this continent; one of their own wood"n tramroa,b. bolh of ".hid. wo"ld be (Iuite pr.lct;cable at 11 nUlllbt~, tbe late Mr, James i\lein, of Portland Head II nuly comparati"cly s"mll eo.t iu many loeDlili.... in the inr"rior, nlt_ allOlltnhe, man, ollicia'ing fnl' thcm as a ea'echist wi~ho\lt l'lo­ mel'OIlS ,racu that aN now ll11inh"bilable eould be nmde to support a comp:lr:lli"dy dense IlOpllla'iQll,· ~;neratlon, of any kind, for tLe long period of t",e~'J.four yeau. n " At ,h.. d05~ of "') leclllrc I had Ih~ honour 10 b.I pruent",i. b}' en7. sta)'l~~.•fur n ni~ht at old 1\Ir. lIalr. many years ago. Ihe old eman unu. 'ne "lth a d of Thomas lIall, F.$Ij., J, P., with" "et}' gr"'lifring u,J.,J...... i. sigutd by ''l.lIite lIatura.1 th ~ eg~ self-oompl.~ncy which W35 "as marriod 'an:~II,~ad stYt~ sons, and that his t~ son, who ·Onr4a.1 ii Q st'3 Ilhr.uoe.•",1I k"own 10 all ,,-ho ha,~ ooao:lc .I. ralt,' I obse.,'ed' n~ar bnu, had styen sons al6o. • At tbat sea vorage, ~'enifying fg ".1 I" ,igltls, I rtotol~1, ,you. "'111 SOOO oYtr.llall the eolonr' i\lr JI fl"..,...... mud. ple~ both "'ilb tht pun and "'i;h the ~I\:~ t Th",pl'('${"nt popul,tion of &<>11.. il ISU. .. :; ::ott? m.;:TOI:\" (n" 1a;11' SOl'Tn ",'1.1':5. TilT: nm.-rr.t: ,\xn 11'\'lS:IXr. /HYERS. 20:1 him>elr. )Ir. noll~1lnny gener.llly, bear ..itoc<~ !fIll. h~bir~lIb (Of oX""... :1IIt! it< \ i"n';'} ; h> "hiel. uf co...... I "'~tl" .. Bm ... ltal r.,wnuN since h~5 e..e.. c..en alleml"W 10 rollo... his $Qilablt :tt'~no l..ugm{'nl. In .111' ('.... "itl~ I Ilrt:ld,~"t in the ,)\.hl\;"'~',l,· ""lInll,I,' 10 Ihi~ 1,n..."t hou~? The synem hilhl'rto COIIr! 11011-«', 3,t:: _hl~· 10 :IPllOi"llllrlll. {(' " mn... h 1l\:1l,'r o:on;~_ pll~I 1 f\lr Ihc la<1 Ihirt,. ,ea... ha< hten to el't'llC onl,. two e13S5e$ pt,,,,, thall 1 "nlicjp.~It"d :\1 sllth " li"'.... :mtl "fl('",~nl. rock rock in Ih~ 1..",·. '·;r.-l",'ds (hr r;um-1' liehpillllOS) an,J se~fl. Nay, to )[r. Ibll'!'. ",hto~ I 3ITind "loom ek,....n r.)l, inM~Il'" ",:("n ill ... "iell ,rnnI'oe~y e,,~ hne MD srstemalieallr .. ~II" 1035 "hf3~s iJ<'l:1. r:llher an UiSIl'Cr.llic nl.'i"I'OOllrboo.l, ;:On( "I' D/l:a;MI lI1lotr.-ndin.c; indi..id"aI5 of Ihe ...o"king c1:1-ut"I, at of ...hkh I had :I rJIX' 5j\l'Cj"U:'n. .\11 t')<·skil,pcr, of the Ilame of th~ '-':"',,,(, 'oendw<: of Ihe illl"rih~, to eff<"Ct Ihtir Ulle~ ",in b,. Bin,gil.', '1\"00 is kllkd in ,I,,· '-;eini'r:l5 one of ,he OiSPCllkrs of aOl" 1'1"<)('" or law. ""re 1\('1'11 numerous hernod b.:lief. and ha1"e jus';c!' III 1]0(' 'nlt·rior. aUlI wloo, it SN'1l1('d. had bo.~n Sllld~-i1\;; tht nO! 1'("("11 ronfin('(l 10/lny on(' ,li"riCI in p:lrticular. I ha"e e"en lr~m('d nonM'n~ of rhos<' ,,·orlh,. se1l3lors, ~Ie5sr$. Wen/worth, lIee" tQlrl of well alllhcllticat"d ca'cs in which hCl\(b of fnmilies PO>llnhlt'Oll, :\lnrr.ly. :Il1d Co., noont I)c1l1n;joguc5, DCIIH)('r:lU, k",,, \.occn <)'st~lI1atic~lI)' l'"r$('(uteoJ an,1 ruined, whose onl,. Qitl.'llee l,.'ollulllln;sls, Socialists. ,t;c .• 1ll'~S"'lliug, froUl some mislake ~bollt ha,1 bel'n Ih"i" l'"e$lImill"; to) deftll,l Ihe honour of Ihelr "'IV"S and lUy "urnW-r. in his ;U"rQ"u's signal-book, that I ,,~s sailing daughter, frolll th" I'rotligacy Ill' Ilrlllalil)' of Ihcil' he/lu!. nud.'r out' or otb~l" I)f Ih~st h05lile flags, and should 110t th"rcfore .. ' For ,lark a' th" accents of lo,."rs· far('""l1 1><' I'ern,ium 10 e~s Ihe line into his alistOCr.J.lic JlI'CS('n'\', bad Are Ihc d...... \s Ihal Ih('} do, and Ihe tales tbat they tell.' ,mlleD a leller to the Clerk of Ihe lIeneh, which I sa.~. forbidding him, al Ilis pl'ril, to allow Ihe lISt (If till" Court House 10 Dr. r.."lDg. In Ihis "':lY hundreds of .....putal.ole families of tbe hllrobler Cl.a!SI'S ~nu\rlffl!::e. fe~ UDIt'SS b.. "1"Tt' dul,. amboriud 10 do so by thl" lllagistrac}·. (}lr. thai, to 1II) e"rtain would greall)' h:>.,"e p..... spend­ th"i~ da~< ;nte~ior, lbll b:H1 II,...a1,. COllS~IlIf'd to tbt use of Ibe Court HOllSe for Ihc in.::: in the hare been ..irtually dri..en oo.ek iulO Ihe coloniaIIO..-nS; till S)dne), in panieular. ba' bceolD(! ill :Ne... purpow, aud C:lptain DuDl:lIftl'l, "'bl"ll refelTt'd to, ball made no • ~uth Walt'$ ... h:>.t Coooot uk'tl to d~sc:ribe I,oodoo lIi baring ohjetlioo.) The best of it ...:u, bo... e~er, Ihe use of the Coc.rt bt<.-<">!ne iu ,,:.daml. ,-iz.. a prodigious 'fen, lotall}' dispt'Oponioned n~. for an)' public pu~ ...hale"er, is usually gl':lDlcd to :my­ to Ih~ lize Qf Ihc Ij"ing bod), ou \rhich it is:>. mere nnhe:>.lchy and 'bod)'llnd e"erybody lhat asb fOf it, aDd had recently lxcn gr.1Dled morbid ('''C~l:1lee. eren 10 ~ stroUing playtn ! "TuM<1n~, No,'. I~. _ ,\ requisition h",'jng been fororarded .. Spt'l~ing or aristoerlllic magistr:ltes in Ihe interior. but ,,"ilhout through ;llr. Ifall. from S<>l'", persons at .'JusswellbrO\\linSly ddi.er,'(\ a of 1'1\'(1.' mudl Iht. Or stoek.ketper, or otber hil' tbf,r o... n? G01"l'fllOr 3,f:tC(luarit dt'­ to-day of about a qll3rler oran bour. lo"-ards ,,'·eoing. "", h''3''':I' th~ aclual good~ :.~. n~ only fo~ ...hal he attcm]'t,'tl, hut for to ",et nl\1 completely, and to let all th... lilll;: r;11$ a-TUouing. It lot had ID "'ork e. l' .10 Ihu; "a)'...ilh the \'ery inf"rior materials L ....1I'mtllt:Oldll<:'alf r I .....utI of Ihe Ha k b . I 'mCl> 0 t le colony' as the • No... a AI"ul\)('r of ('ll, to )lossmall'l pIlnl. the eross· of i,s rou~. i, n:l.Vigable for the I:Irgl'1il "c~ls : the :lUlI ... ial bnd ing I'bce on Wilhan,'1 Rinr. anOlher of Ihe prineip:allributari~ of 011 ;15 b:toks ~;n~ of 11'1.. rid,es, descrilltion, and 11'11' indigenous .lll! Humer. if II hOllld 1101 mther be considered tbe principal Te~alion mOlt luxnri3D1. The C'OUrse of the ri..('r being I'1lther ~I""m. for il is dceidl.,JI)· Ihe brg 1of Ibe Ih~. Thtl'\! is mueh (';1'('0;10111, it fomls the boumbr)' of the propen)' for fh'c miles. .UuT;al bnd of lhe fil'$l qualit,. on Pa.llerson's Rirer, alld a COII

doubtl~ss h~(l Si>methil1g to:> (1(> with it ;11 '~Qt n 'f~\\' instnll('~s; 1I,c Ttn; IIUI\"TEP. ,\';1) .'tANI\"ING ntv!·:ns. 209 frf~"Cnll.r s~cnfic('d I'"hl;c iUll'n'S! h""iuB' hl"''' IQ bendil So nud alth"n:;h by 110 lllca,,~ a large, e~tl.'nl of anllviallan<1. well adapted So. Esq., of $" au<.Xls. 'I'h" hla<:kfcl\n,," tol\1 "'e th"l the native n:tme, either of it COUOII"', of hill and s for an inland town nQI ase~r(ain afterwards that the natives of Ihe lIhn,,;ng district J 1o",'c S<'('1l in the colony; nud if (he ro:,d 10 :111(\ from New England kn~\\' the riyer i>}' that tl"me, and was lold they had various names shonlsi"g the Ib...ingtQn a second time we moot two black­ som~ importance. A raogc of pictnrl.'squc monntains, call1.'11 b}' thl.' f<'1lo\\'s on foot, and ~ht>l"llr afterwanl.'i :t third, a sen'ant of Ihe aborigines Th., .llllccans, of aoout )200 fCel in lwight, bOllnds the Companr, on horseback. From the two pedestrians, Waur, my horizOIl to the wesnraJ'd. l\!ong the base ofthese mountains, the river guide, aseerla;ned Ihat IhNC had been a fight amQng the aborigiues Gloncestl.'r wends its ,-rar to the northward, leal'ing a large extent On thc :'la'llling Hi,'er, Ln which one man had been killed, In of nllll"iallaud on its right t>.1nk, which the Compauy has cleared deserihing the fray. and tspcciallr the ",ultilude of spears that had (lud brought into culti"ation; the site of the buildings that form thc been IhrO\\'l1 upon the oce:tsion, Ih" bla~kfrllo\l" was particularly sta~ion, inclUding a house of aCCOllllllod'lIion for tral'eHers, beillg on elOllucnl, illuSlrating his 1111l"rali"<"l b)' pointing wilh his own spear in all dir~~lions, and using as much gestieulalion as a Frenchman, a Tls,ng ground 10 the eastward of the allul'ial tlats. 11 is altogl.'thel' a \x>autiful spot in the wilderness, and thel'C an; man}' such on the "'allJ' infonne(\ mc, after we hao. left them, Ihat bolh the horseman Compau(s estale, and the two pedestrians were 10 w:tit for hill} ou his return, as he wished .. 10 1I.:ar the news:' They arc a "cry social people, as '~Salurday, Nol', 16.-Slarted at eight, witb a mounted aboriginal lInlike Ihe American I"diaos as possible, oall\"e for ml' guide for the fil"t ten miles; for whose seniccs in " Watt}' had searcel}' tuken leave of mc, at the ten miles statioo, thal capaCity.,' had beeu i~debted 10 the good offices of Mr. Darb}', t" return to GloueestH, when it began to rain in righl earnest, and the Comp.an} S o\'crsel.'r 01 stock .11 Gloueesler, to wholU I had had I was ,"ery soon completely drcnchc•.!. The road also, from thi$ ~:ote of mtroouetion from a mutual fl'Lend, Dr. Douglas, at Slroud. point, Wa$ one of the WOl"St ( had. ever Iranlled in the colony; e counlry for tbe first Il.'n miles is pretty much of the same with stecp ascents approo.ehiug almost to the perpendicular, and the character as that which I had passed O"el' on the prcI'ioll$ da}' p"th oc<'asionally .."",ing aloug the face of I'rl'eipitous hills, with b~III'een SU'O}ud and GI()ucestl.'l' - hill and dale with occasional fl(l1S ~nd pa~lure. the ril"Cr, which has again 10 be cros~cd twice iu this vart of the good On this part of thc route Ihe BaJ'rio<>tOll River routc, llowiug deep and bl'oo.d at their tmse. Thl.' rain had al$o IS crossed t'\"Iee. It contaius a I· hod ~ to} thc s(lddl . h ,.alge y of water, rcaeh,ng neady lllade the clay soil so slippt'I"Y Ihal I fouud it dangerous to walk ~ise;t~n ~L:lr~,~:n~~i:::~,s :~:~,t~';~~~~a~~~"~~~ s~~:~:csJJoat~::~: "1'1'1.'1, as a single false slep mi;;:ht have p"ecipitaled me into the ri"er; ;on and J h:td fre'lucntlJ' to sera,,,bl,, aloug lhe bl.'st way I could 00 my ~an~ s "'el". it tlows along the base of Ib., I'an ....c called the han(\s and fcet, dragging Ulr h01"$e behiud Illl.'. lu short, it is a n:~~ans, to tll.e w~slwal'd, and receives t.he Gloucestc; river at Ihe miserable roo.d ,'u wet u·c,tI/'er, and I was h~al'tily glad when I found r Jern lennmatlon of thal r c1car~d p.nj"'s station S 'Ill all?e, a 1Il1le or 'wo bdow the COl1l­ I had the l:lst hill, and got down, although wel and wear)", anti (m all 11 ' ~' ower down It is joined by the JlOII'Olan Hi"er' into Ihe I'a\le)' of the- .\launing. lese l'IVers I ascertained that Ihere was a considerable: "The l\lauuillg, in the upper part of ilS <'"ours,', forms Ih~ OOuo­

H"t 11,,, \\ h~le ('Xf,'nt "rll.'" b'~d III r",· "'''lli,-oti,''~ nIl Ihe ('n"'I,.111)' 'rlll: III ~TI:r: ,\SI' \1'\;'1;.11;;0 H1VIm,!<. 211 e.st~I<' ~''1"'''. nr .U".flo" ,n tl'" I,,,r, "I' 11", ho'·"""")'. i< ("""I""''', th,' "">'110 "I' 1,·d~",1. Th... ""l\"l'l~I;"n 'm 11,,· al1",'i"ll;1n,1 On the ~,n:oll. .'~Ienl 1)\",,1., ""'.' ,\n,I.", "I"" j.ll", ""'n "I' g-"nd 1':'''''1'" 1o.",L~ ..r 110.' ,.iv,·r i. '''1'",10, n,,<1 I ll:l' 1,:,1'1')' t.. I,,:,,'n it i. ellsil)' I~ud-f.)r ~,.{,,, I "",kr,I""ll I ',:,,1 11,,· 1... <1 of i1 : lhe .'I,'ril" ;",d ,·1,-;....·01 .,,,,1 10"1'",01 "II', cr""p,,,·,,l with the 1"10",,, ~ll(l en~t"f dear. """"Ihl,,.~ '1',~lil) g-r,'~t1.1 I'f{',I"",in~ling, <"IO(""i"II.,· I()wanl. 1h" i"" ~,,,,;I.,r bnd "n Ill<" II"nh'r. 'I'I,,-r,· is n" en,L1e's variety of eO"_'I. """ 1',,' "1""'1""" ,,,,,I 1'" ..."i.i".,1 I,I~"I" ~,,,I Ihe nd1le-tree "bo"nds ~hdik{' .. lloe 11",,1(0,'. till: .'I1:l1luiug ,I ... ,·;,..,s i18 s"l'pli('8 fw'n ]'C. ill th .. Iloi ... 1. 10'·",1,.· .. , ~"oJ i\"r",\S tu :In i,,,,,,,,n'\O 8;7.0. 1\ i$ ea~i1y femu:,1 ,..",,','S :""''''~ ll'e tu""nlai",, of N"w E"gln,,,l, ~",l Ihere_ ,1.,,11''')''01, 10"11',,,·,·1'. 'l'l i"l"rin,' h"i"1 'I"il" ""ft :I"'l f""go,,!. 1''';:(' I)<'\",;f f"i!_<. 1':"0'" ,he g"{'~l ".~I,·,,1 "I' it< ill')' - 1",lnw .'Ir. 1\.·•. ",,,l.tr"ek inlulbe ("'"Io·IIII.I' s"I'),·... I. Ioke'lllo~t i\".lr"li~n ri"('r" 10 <'X'e".~i,',· i"u",Ja. "pen f"re't "" th,' "pI""i,,· hi.l<-, I" c"l "If "S""~l ben,1 ..hid, lhe ~'O'l~. ~n,1 ,"'~'~I throl\" :IIl imt"ens,· h(>(l)' of wakr 011 th,'se c~:easions ",ver Inhs I.. 'he Idt. 11."111,,.. tf,(.,rq.:" th" plc","re 1 "nli"il'~ICd '''lolhe J " ... Itie. I "I·o.<~,',l il "1 " lord whid, I e:lsHr fOUlld, "nd in 1,,11""';"1; Ihe "i",-r d"" ", wfoie]' i"oI,·.'d i< "'arccly l,raClicalJlc. Ih,'u "~I,, (l,,"'n 1'''1'11.\' ,hr,,"gh a lhick brush On ils Jeft b,,"k (or ",Ht"I'" "i'l" of "ightecn ",;1,·,. r""cl"',l 11'0 bo"s" "I'" hibhly "bo'~1 1110 mlles. tl) Ih" hous,; of Mr. Jos"l'h :\wln'ws, wh";'e I iutc1ligellt :In,1 reSpect"hl .. !\\'IlI"I" f,'''''' Ihe j\O',rlh 01' Seotl:""I, wh"w ree('l\'ed" "el',' ..."r,li,,1 ",,'Ieome the rid,· ii'nm GJollec~ter h . \\'ife-:, ""omull "f ~up~ri,.r cd"e"ti"n :"Hl l"'c"liarly <'llJ>;.ging I' . -,' , "\'InS' \je" 1\1·euly_two.m,ld. )11'. Alldl'ew~ had come out 10 Ibe cololl • mallnas ~,ul di'po'iti',,,, wh,) 1 le:'rned had h<:cn un;,·"rsaJly nuder '''y ~"I:"I'l1llelHleo<'e, as " sehooltn~stel', in the S'HUe "ess;l "'lcemed in the di,trict_haol Sh<>Tlly ltefnre cO)",n';lted s"jdde ~Tltlt Mr. llob'~'80n: c(ore le' I ' lying safe in the poSI office", Po,.t Ma a"IIl~: le ri"('r, were Ihen rare w"s immNli:lkly :,'Ot "Ndr, and a l:ltge til"e, ",bidl sp('i'dily lherefore,oi'lllyeOnling bad be . cqllart('. As no inlimation, blale(l 0)11 Ill" he:lrlh, ,ras nol more n"ce~sar,· to d'T our babilimcnts, I had had en~ugh of't ~ en gIven; as 1 found, lUoreo"el', th"t lhan il was ffom lhe cold o( lbe dar. I "fICI'''-ards found that Ih e uud~l' tOl1'eU1S of .' or olle day "fier crossing the moulllains 11th h:ld b<-en "n llnusaallr cold dar for lhe seasou of the ye:lr all ra'n; nud as the . '11 under ~It-. A.'s h01lpitatole r . ra,u Sll COlllinued, 1 remained o"el" lbe colon)'. Pre"che,1 iu the ",.enillg 10 a eongregalioo h"Slil)' "8""uay Nov 17 G ooftllllhc (oUowillS morniug. assembbJ, hnt consisting aln,ost exchl ~IA:S:'lI~G JlI\'F..RS. 213 ~ltlem''fll "I~n_ for lloe in,mrJ:;dl,er Oil Ihe Il"nter. PalleTfOn. ao,l William Rivers. It ia ningdislrirt, ,,-hieh 1,:>,II>t'<'nthe Ilri""'I'al ol>jN'1 of",)' \';~il. The na>·ig:lMc i,hnm the "'",e distaMc inland as these rivers; h"t 'here ~c1'ooJ",n.t"r people (If llffik!nk_h''''ing j",t gO! a (ro,,, home, i~ tl,i~ gre"l ,liflcr~"re tl<.'tw~~n the 1"'0 district~, Ihat ,,'hcr~:u a 'rho, r W:lS hnl','r h> find, w:>s g;"inS thel11 gr"nl .:>Ii.«:leli",,_ ,,"cri) lnrgc I'rOIH,rlion of lh~ Innd on the Ilunler, towntth the C!':lSt, 15 buildiujl; hi", n s"bstnllti"l seloooll",u, th(' sc],ool 10 Ihe very head•. and is almn.. all within TCarh of lIc:lm navi. Ix'ing under Ihe lknominlllional lloard. The n"mbo.-r of scholars g:llion. In ,horl, il is '1ulle l(naec<>"nlahle lhl a distriel of '''ch ..-:\S llln!td~ up..ards of Ihir/r. Ilold lilt' 1,,",,01,1... Iht')' mll$l-.expt'Ct superior agri.."hu",1 cal'al.tililin should ha'fe remained for 50 1oll; 10 be.- pul undt'r the ~:lliOD:l1 Board afwr U(')(I ~·ear. 10 ".hi<-b Ihey a per~ coml>3rali'f..ly ,,".no..·o. To Il$t' the laogtlage of the st"Cmro lJuile N"Ii{1nfd. Thert'".ilI be eomllaralinl)' liule difficulty ~Ioon in 'h" fahl...... hen, romplaining Il> lh... su" Ihal he loo.l'Ii 10 in cfrceli"g s"ch II tronsformat;oll,:ls f:lr al II':lSI as Ih" Preib"lcrian d"lI and ..h(.... rles~ a' h"r ""ring a" eclipse, ~he obser\'.-d lhat it schools oflhe colon)' art' couccrnc,l. was lI'at dirly planet tl'e I":arlh t1,~t had got 1Ie,""een them; I prc­ ., lino;!crolao,ling Ihat there load been some exeitemeUl in thll ~umc it ia the A:;ric"ltllfal Com]!a,,)", eSlalc that h3S hilherto got dislricl on lhe subjl'<'t or Ih(' culli'fation of COllon. and that one or belween Ihe Manning bililiu of that inlponant dislricl. noonCf'd, my intenlion to deli'fer a I~turt' on tbe subj~1 in tbe .. The i\lanniog has two enlranl:'t'5, ;I &1JUlhcro and ;l. nonhern, roufW of Ihis day al TahTff. a cenlnl Ioc:alitr about Il'fe miles up Ihe 1"'0 chanol'l. being separaled by O..ley and Mitchell Islands, Ihe ri'fer b)' ",ater; and I learned a~Ordingl)' in the course of tI,e ".hich asain 3re soeparated rrom l'Ich otber tor a navigable channel; lOoming, tbat a good man)' of tbe Rl'dbank people were going up Mltchcll hland bo1ing towards the oc:ean, and O:dey Island inland, to allend it. To sa\'{' thom thi8 trouble and inconvenience, bow­ The soulhern I'ntranee, however, has for some time past been filled e'fer, I proposed 10 ddi'fer the leeture, as far ll.'I they were con_ up, anti lhe northern chanoel is of course lhe only ooe used. There cerned, on Ibe spot, whieh was eheeriul1)' acceded 10, and I did 10 is a bar at ils mouth, l>I in most Auslnolian rivers; bul tht bar, I ;l.eeordingl)·. It is a noble count')' for that sPfiil'll of enllir.uion ; W;1.5 informed, W"ould prove but a eompan'i'fely .light ob6tacle in and as Mr. Gibson.·, whe:u crop bad ~u dl'lllro)'ed b)' l'11lit, which the ...a)' of Sleam na,"ig:uion, all il is more pnoclieable at prewllt bad CUI it off afler the late nins, I took occUlon to show bow much than thl.l of almOSl any other hnftd riwr 011 Ibis M:I$1:, Redbaok len prff:lrious a cotton crop ... as likely to prove in that elimale is opposile Oxley Island 10 the toulhW"ard, and is only about five or silt miles from the 1(>"llIerll enlrance. There is much laod of lbe tb.an,wheal, a~d bo... mueh more profitable. The Manning is just first (t"olit)' III this "icillity, as '1'<,11 as Oil all lhe islands, fOT lh~re lI"ubm I~,e !lnttr-second degree of liOUlh lalilude, p~eisely in Ihe are others, btsides thOfC I ba"e IlIcnllooed, higher "p. lIr..'\11<;0­ same lal1lnde as lhat of Cbarle51on, in South Carolina one of the lOO', ..slate of 1$.000 acres. formerl)' Ihe property of Harl Daries. principal couon-gro'll'ing stales of America, in the o;posile henli­ Esq.• i\1.P., is on Ihe north.. rn channel, oppo$ile Orle)"s bland. It sphere.. :rhe Red.bank people e:s:preued themselves much gratified is ealled by its uallve name, Candle Cundle. .lb. A. has alrndy at, Ill): VIl'I-, '~d at the lillle effon I had Ibutl made to suppl), tbew formfd a small agrieuJlunl RUlemeOI Upoll il. hlr.e that of Red­ ,t~ .. mfonna\Ion on a subjecl (IQ whieh tbey ".ere all appan-olly bant, and has had lh "late sur"eyed and laid oll" rec~nd~' i" 'lDlall allJla~ to oblllin il. ?Ilr. Aodre",s and !lr. M'Lean (another farm&. 1'her~ is alllhe difr~rt'nce in .~ yorJd, howe'·.. r, boH....et.'n fe~lo,,'-tra"el1er for the last twelve miles), ha"ing to return by bud the condillon of sm~11 farmers, sellJc<1 Oil Ih";r Own J.. nd. lik~ lloe ""tb Ihe borsts, I WlllI rowed up the river ill a boat to 'I'ahl'ee by lleople :il Rcdb:ink, and a mere lenano." su~h as illr. Atkillson oneoflheRedbank 'I 11 '. ' se t ers, a ta ,8tout, lltelligent farmer frOIl tbe propoSl'1 10 form. ,\"d il is one of the most gr:>lifJin~ ~i~"",. nOI1h or Ireland. st:llIces im:lginable io Ihe ca.se of lhe Manoing di!lricl, Ihac Ih('re iJ .. The Mannin, is a no" . . h ,~e rIver ,n t e lower part of its course and SliJl a large exlCllt of lan<1 of lbe first lJualllY on Ihal rin'r iu Ihe I atu _fid..1I tbfl"t' . , Go~ernnlent, ''slit, f... ..>. . UI I. '.'"'uch grtatu utent of land of the first hamls of tbe ...hich I1 at P!'l'Sellt in the rou.....· 01 . -. e""U'fRtlO" (IQ 11$ ba"k . 'Inbut.arit'S, u ..ell u on lhe ..la ... and On .thO&,,), ndI to... arda III tno\llh, than tbere ill ~H lIISTonY OF Kt:W roUTIJ ,,",\1.1:5. Till: UliNTI;F: A:'iD J.tANKt:'\O nl\'Ul". 215 cllicll) from 1Iunter', ni-·er. )11'. G!~n, of n('(lb~nk: felicit~'cll llilusc1f uot ~ liltk. in connl·.ing Wllh me ()~I 'he sul!J,·ct. on the lik,' Tnhrec, wo"l,] I>(> sumdvnt rOI' chmning 311d fiuing fllr the circumSI~nC(' nf 1lt'il\~ n" longcr a 'ell~nt; WIHCh. howcvcr. he hnll Ul:lrktt th" l'rQ\lue" nf thv wbole ,'istrict, by m~a"s of " ~Ill:l11 l>t.~~Ill,·r ~r. been f,)I' lib. rl'3l'l1 aOcr his aTTi"nl in tbe c~'o~~' ~I JI.111t('r'$ Ili"er, to run to an,l fro OIl thc ri... Thcre is no doubt ..hltlCTer If" mnn unnof &:1r of 'his ('OUnl~', .. Thu; 1$ Ill)' o...n, llIJ 11:lIi1"e Ihal.•i,h it. 1"3'i1 nat"ral 1'tSOUrccs. tI'e )[anning ... ill, at uo dis­ laut lltri(,, lOOn' thall (:ight)' ruiln f:1milil'$. as ...cll:as of Ihe prtRllt popub,ion of til... district ;::enf.'T.lll)·, (",·ther, .·heTl" dle' Illay lie for ...... ,'" N n"n mOllths. A 1\"('('kl)' consisls of t'llIigTlDlS from &otl:l1ld :md Ihc north of Ird:lUd. In I_t frolll Stro"d "ould be kept "I' al n co'"par~ti"clr .mnll cx. ~re short, thcre few districts in thc colony of which Ihe ropnbtioo [>Cllse, nnd would pro"" nf i"calcul:'lJle bendi, to the disll"ict.~ pTOllliS<'sto be of 50 p«uli~rIr h('~1thy ~ chornclcl'-I lllcnn sO('iall,-, Wheth"r it has cvcn a sillgle constabl" or not n. )"et, I did not politically, aod lnor:lll}' -liS thnt of the lInnning RiveT. lcarn. T:lh~. .. Arriwd at furnlerly Ihe propeny of W. W}'III...r, Esq., "TIll"WJ, No... I~.-)Ir. Fklt, ... ho i5:t nali~ of C:tithoeliS, in n.K.. no'" Ihat of his $OIl·in.la...,- fl"'ll, Esq., abont t...-o ".)1.. Scotland, and who I,u .. fin.." healthy J\uslrali:ln family growing up nOO :Inn dioing ",ith )lr. "'rntCT aod his famil)', dtli,,('retl n h.'('. around him, walkcd with me in Ihe morning across the iSlhmu$ 10 lurc or ndurc5s on cotton cuhh':lt;on in a neat schoolhollse recently where :\11'. Andre,rs was to 'ueet lIIe Wilh a boat on tbe QPllOsitc er<'eted in Ihe "icinitr of lIIr. W~-ntn's rcsidcnec. Thc notice .idt of the l~nillsul;L )Ir. Flelt also v(:ry hand$QD1Cly promised bad been Vl'Ty short, and tht" Redbank peol'l~ ...... re absent for Ib~ :lceDlumndalion in a "acanl cotl3ge OIl- his CSl:lt~ for tbe IQinisler n>a~n 1 haTe mwtioned, but Ih~ atlend:lnee ".205 " ...rJ fllir notwith­ and hi$ famil)" ...hom I h:ld :lrr:onged to SCfId up to the district. Tb'" "aoding. sit"n1ion is pecoliarly eligibl(: for !iuch a purpose, from its being' "The estate of Tahree, consisting of 2,~GO acres, or fOllr sqllat·c eentl~,l. ooth for the Upper and for lloe Lo,rer il!anning. J w~s wiles, forms a pcnillsuln, ooulldcd on three sides by the l·i,'cr. It much gr~llili(.'I1 at Ioa"ing sueceed"d in Ihi~ minor arr,1ogelllcut. On consim almost exclusivel)' ofalh.villllaod ofthe first qU:l1it~·, thieU,. eroso.ing Ill.: l'i"er "',, 3-liCt:uded what is called a CT<'t"k. bu.t mOU;I wooded. Mr. W"oler', h~ U on :I n:ltural terr.u:e t01\"ards the un'lueilioDabl, ha,'" bet-n th.: ri....r i~lf al some tarli"r ~riod ; iilhm~ and Ibe vie... from il OVtr tbe cleartd land. the noble rh·er, :I pl!nin.ula of aUu"ial bnd, ,,-hicb il (om,....ilh thc n\'er, baying n.nd t~ d~ foresl &1o...1y disappc:lring undcr the a:l:e ofci,·iliu. e"idvmly "''ell nn i.land, nnd lJoe.co united wilh the lnainland by non, 's dccldedlr olle ur Ihc finest in thcse colonics. In the lowe\' what bl"Olher Jonalhllll calls a t'II/1 of fallen li",b,·r blocking' up ~arl .of;15 course, thc rivt\' is geucrall,. from a quarter to half.a.mile onc of the ch:ulllel. in a lime of t1oool. Vne of the di..tinguithicg <:~ks III "'idth, :lOO the land ill tht" ,Uuvi:!1 liats on ill banks is of sur· featut("'S of the 113'oniog U the llumber of N rivulets 110"" p~in! fenilit,.. When I 'bted, DD the aUlhorily of 3.lr. BuekD(!ll, ins into it, on nl<)fl or ...hkh, as 011 Diugo, &1.>0, Ind Burnll o~ Kc".to..-o, that four acres in COtton, at Iht" mte of produce he Ilad C,.,ek5, th..,rt is a greater Of' le" ...xttnt of IUu,·j:a.! laD,J tit jor selll~Dlclll. blm~lf r~alized, ,>ould be 511fficknt to maintain nu industl'ious .. nod~ up with Mr. Audl.... ws. ami 311'. 31'l.can to Mr. Andr~",s' f.Olll)", Mr. Fletl told "le lhat hc had himself caleuhted that I'VO holUl', l."igbteen mi!u, arri,-ing about 1l0011. Tbe", allvr balting rQr 11'':' or 600dcd land on tl,e ~lanning "'ould be sufficieot for thl' aa hour, woonted 111)" o.-n hotS!' :lgain and ,.,"""'''' thl." T\.1Q,J OX" m~ntenallce of a familr-Ih:tt he hid himself leen Ihe produce of rathtr l)eateo path to Cloul."\"$l"r, 1fr. And",..., Si"iug me:l f"rtlo~r InlUU 011 lhe river aCluall)' mensured at Ihe mte of 100 bushd$ nn 000\'0)' ofa fvll' 1I1il,"$. Towards e\'Clliug, wheu I had done ""'arl,. acre 7.lhat ""0 crops could be rcaped in ti,e )"car _ ao(1 that nn,' concc'\aIJle amOunl of food ~ .. . fort)' mill's, and wll5 gelling ra' her til'c'd, :lu<1 riding with a sLid, be nlu.e11". gtotlJ do.... n a 1'cr)' slisht dl'<:li,.i'J, and I :,,"lIS '.hro..o ...·ithaomc ,.io. c~tle, that the two yd both returned again to lenee O'l"H hi. head on lilt ro(Id. but pT'OndCDIl:lll}' rscaped n ~lld the colon)'. having 1000t their health at the "diggings." Hownu time almost nnhurt 'fhe sun was slowly descending lwhind the calamirous it ma)' 1>0 to indil'iduulg, it is snrcly well for these colo­ Bucc:lIls as I reached Gloucester, Talhel' stiff, and a lillle lame frolIl nies that tllis ('ulifo'lruia r"ania should reeei"e a check even in thi, way. Mr. flcn ..ick's eldcr son IHld other two )"oung men who had my fall. .. WflIne5d3y, No,.. 20. - Lefl GlOllcnlcr at eisht A.~r., lilOPpl'd accompanied hiIQ had c].eartd 1001. each u the cnd of the chird lle<'lrly an bour at the collage of a Scotch fami!)' in the 6enice of ...eel< after their lIrri"al at &an l'ranci$CO, in the c'pacit)· of lira)". mcn employcll in u"loading vcs~e1s. The)" hud done wcll, lIut not the Company br tbe war, and reached Stroud :It Iwo I'.al., anCT:l quite 50 "'1'11 as tbis. at tire mines, and Ibe)' had enjo)'ed perfect ride of thiny mi!rs. Had given notice the pre,oiOlls Thursday tbat health during the hole period of their sa)" in Calj(omia. The I Ihould rellll'1l 10 Stroud tbis day and ptrfOl'lll di,.ine M'rviee at t1l"0 )"n granted for the purpor;e, plight than the)' len the colony in, with loss of time, of passage there loeing a cousidcrable number of Scolch families in the vicinity money 10 and fro. and even of health. either as tenants or servants of Ibe Compnny. Preached accord· .. Left _\lr. Ilen..-ick's at Dnf' o·eloek. Theda)" was cuc55irely hot, ingly at the hour appointed, the attendancc being considerably and I felt the ne;;Irl"Oll"el'. or 11I011 sllpl.'rb and illC'Oll­ for :l rC\\' d3\"S rrom the du._t and otlll.·r :mno)":Jll«'S of S)"dne}'. 10 ('('i\'3111,. ,-arit;''lItl'O.1 Ilhllll:l,l;e, aN:! et'er nnd anon hOI'[lin;; about ..i1I\i.'1l1 of a Pr(>shyteri:m mini.ler, I aecordingl) ll'rrito,"}' nnillt,,«'sting enollgl., the render may cOIIl'eive nec.....saril)" be the case in situations ,,"here the prospect of a $cttlcr"s krt ~,un",'l,,· the sttamer "Thistle" on 'he e"euing of i\londay. the c1nn>t\ land is bollndcd 00 nuy lio.1c by Ion,. 3nd braochless lrees, 1"1. ~f i\ia~h, and n':lched Dun1l\0Tl.', ~lItl'$On's UiYtr, the resi­ but in many Jl:IMS or Iht' territO<)·, both 10 the norlhward and lhe: dence or 11\,' brother, (':Irl)' on Ihe (ol1owine- da}·. 1j.c(0Tl' the ilitro­ soulhwaro :),'Uller, both berond the Hlue ,Mounlains 10 the Wdt, tJllccion of'sleam n:wigation into this colon,.. by the late C:J!'tnin or "'~rtsc. I ha"e 5CCII Ilatlll':ll lICenrry the 11llnter's River distritl was on horseb:lck o\,(>r the moun· combining ("'el')' r.lrifty or the be:l.lltirul. the I'ictll"""l'te. the wild, tains. and the ,iouroer uSII..11y occupied three (ull d3f$; the and Ihe ~bliOle. aDd tqu::tllil,g 3"}' thing I h:ld e..er lif1'1I ill SeOl­ el1pcn_ of llIan ..nd hoTM', .. t lbe illns :Ind pllblie-IH'lUSC'S b}' the land, J:nJ;:lalld, II\"Iaml, or W~les. ,,'ar, being generally collsiderabl)' more thnll the entire r"n'. with ,. The l'ul1...wing pastoral, by an ,\ustralinn poet, "'ill sho\l' that the cost of refreshnU'nts included. by the steambo:ll. /n shurt, Ihen- ~ .....mNbillg to capti,'ale Ihe :Idm;~r o( 03tllTe io Ihe woods Ue;tm naIly 10..... swan'!,,-, and ·ODE.TO n30IAXG W.\TEIl.- st('rile, IhouSh ror the mOSI pUI thieklr co\"Crtd with tim~r; bUI • 011 \"i"''''3ul;'l ronks Ilo..e 10 llray higher 1I!" and along Ihe' banks or lhe two Iributar}' liIreams, lhe And d,:>nn tloe "aeant ho"r a..-a,., ~oil for 11 considerable diSlanee from the banks is entire),. allul"inl, At e~r1)' dawll or sllhr)' uoon. and of the highest (ertmt)", and the SCenerr rrolll tile ,,"Mer ex­ Or blest C\"tUillg, "'hell Ihe moon eCt'dlDglr beautiful Let the Tl'ader figure 10 bimselfa noble ri"'(·r. Looks 0.10..."'....,."1. like 3 pe3Unt'I dau~hter. as .ode as Ihe Thames in Ihe lower ~M of its course, U"indillg To "ie'" Iwr eharuu ;Il lbe SliJI ..al~r, .10..-1)' to..... rds the ~an, among forests Il,nt have nev{-r felt lhe There would I ....all.: al e:lrlr lIIonl ijll'oke of tbe UlI:e. or Il'en anr hUl1Uln face till latel,. but thut of the Along Ihe I'anks of Indian corn. "'lIndering harmrian, 011 eitber bank. the loft,. gum.tree or Whoso: uew-bcs(llln;;lw 100.dsshioe ('u<:lll) l'tll$ shoots 111' its ...hite naked stem 10 Ihe Ileighl of I ~O (~I Like diaOlondll from Golcondn's lU;Il\", rrn~ ('(>"" ot1tlln~ing) idcl F~ir rm"lif;(' of:a h"rn"i'l·(j,·ld. 11.,... ",",,'~ Ih"'I,iNllrc of lIi",«'lf_ Thrr,' ,,",)Ill'.\ "'h~n I r;o-achlK/ his plaet', I p3id :I Right Sl::tdl)' hold rorroborr. t "isil tQ his l,rinf'ipa.l, inc-dh:SS~r. 0')" old friefld )1 r. Cearge Scbmid. Mt'all1l"hilt, ptT('h'd on a bnonf'h hard by ~ Wiinc'l:,·r:<>r, t"... ~n Ihe lIei"hoourbood or' ::;tutgarot,_::t highly With hud alk:r.nce 3nd ,.ili:l~ 11)., fl1''Olll':lble Ip<"clmen of Ih" cklss (0 .·llIch he bt.-l"ogs, till." indus­ Some old B1ue·)Iollntain pnrot chatll'1'$ trious, "inuolls, and thoroughl~' Pn)lf'$lant pl'~santry of Ihe wuth of About his own dODll"5tie m~lterl : Gt'nnall~. I nm sun: m,.I....)th..., \\'ould ne'"er h:an· had a ~inepr,J A.s ho,r he bllil! 11i$ Ot.st of ha}", but for this 111051 ,·a(nabl ... "'an. Ill' had come OIl{ "nlird,- at his And fiuish"d it on Christln:as_da" o\\'n expense. and had l!rough! 11 wile ",ilh hi,,, frolll Genuao,-; but High on a tree in )"otlder glen, .' sbe look ill ~,,(I difd a f,· ... ~,-a~ :llkr his arri"nl io the ('0100", ",nd Far from Ibe baunts of pr-ring men: h.. has since repbN'd bH Wilh ~ nllliw of tbc lI'ghlao,ls of .:koI:­ Or bo'" mad:lme ha, booen tonfio'd Ia"d, ..ho forlunately Mlnl>Ol ....pn:.ch hi", ..ilb his ilUpi"rt~f Ofnrinl-Ihe preuinl Oflheir );ind_ a(''lu3inta.nce .-ith EnSli.sh. as it ~ cYideml)" 'l,1I II for...igu tongut' to both, Germa" a.ud Gaelic fonn r:uher a sinGular, but still a ,...r,. ancient ~lld "e"er~bl(' conjunction; fvr Ario"i~tuJ ,hc Genuao, and .'rho:: kurr)'jong i, a tree or slll'\1b abou1Hling in alluvial land the ancient Gaulli of I'tallee, must ha,·c ho'lJ th,-ir pal'lt')"i in th";;,, l!tO::1nncroork owf ['"lie I lS used by lhe n:alivcs fo,' the rnanuf;1cture' or a sort orcorl ' r,' ~,or tWIn(',.., w lld, tLey make nels, bags, &c. .. ParrolS ami eockatOOll (the btter (,1i1lt'\:i~lI.'-) :art ,·('r,. d''1tl'lIe­ t C:I1TtX d""ted, Wi~'I~'k ~I", providt'd their P~ing:t ne not wo- e:J.CDOI: 1M' wpposed to uDden.taDd lhe "',-'ter, t» tir"-~ru1f ...·t .... ""'IU"'te prOP""I)' aOO decotllln, wcll as a European bird, ., '. two ancient tonglll'" "" the banks of th" Rhi,\<', many <,elltllriu hefof\' lh(' English Ianguag" waS ('I'cr spok~n hy m"" -lwf"r~ w,'i::h{'ll Ihe I"''''''''''', arrcl' having uuloadP'1 ;1 of its bur,lcu. It eilher Prt>'!r: """,t or 11",,' 'f!l<' d hi:fol'{, th<'- ,'i11['s w['r('l'lankd, is silllated ill the rich s'·e:.t t.eyolI(j all caleulati"n, anu "'plaiting is evidenrly ,1~Slinell, at alll"'ia\ dCl'ilSil on Ihe b~nks of the PaltHSOn Hi"cr. III tll{' year lH) ,tisla"l p~I'i<'>!I, lr, bc [,aidy ~c1il),,"~t hy agriculture_ At all e"ents IS3;, I ob$.('1'<'cd a whole Series of I'incyard_ in a st>ll1elfh:1t similar the i'ka Ih"t all "ere "I' "in"" "'ioht yet hi: t;-,.",d as I'rofitablc ,,, a situation 011 thc Ilhine, in tll(' Gr;llld Duchy of N:lssau; and [ was tholl_an,1 sh~,"l', is "" "hsll ...lit)". \'int~ge, rather sllrpriwd nt the time to tinll the vin{' clllti"akd ill such a soil "This is Ihe SC"lnn of II,e a,,,t ( found ;Ur. Schmid, wh~" ~nl!ag~d aod situatioo, as 1 had "pcn gi"en to umll'rstaud that it prrfel'reti a 1 rca{'h(-d hi" c"l(a;;e, ill distilling bra"<.'('n subjected to Ihe actiOll of light saudr or gr,w{'l1,\' soil 011 the slopes of hills, like thMe ofthc llw ",ill~ press, It i' clear and coloul"1css tikr Highlaud whisker_ Johannis~rg, Hoehhcill:er, and Rudesheilll,'r \'illeyards, "IOllg the though rather fier)". ('ourse of that c1assi('al strcam. BIIl Mr, SChlllid assures me that "I h"d somc writi"S todo fur II,t S,~dIlC!J mar/let bdore starting for iud~ed the lOCal it)' was \rell and jlldil'ionsly chosen, as it must have Dungog, :ulll h"d rescn'c,l it for the cvenin", b"t arter walking~bo"t been whcn he was Satisfied with it. The hills in the Count)" of lmd{'r the hot Snn all da)', as a se'l\lcl to a night in the steamer, I Ih~ir Durham ore generall), of trap formation, and debris, \I hiel1 found if was useless to attempt it. So I got up "c,~t mo!'ning m forms thc alluy;alland on the banks of the Patler~on and William's four, a"d lighting my candl,', finishcd it olf in lime for an "'Id)" break­ Hivers. must be a good soil for vines. I suspe{'t, ],o\l"c\"el", that rhe fast: aftel' whid. lmoull!ed Ill}' horse for what proved to t.c rarher ,'iue in such situations will be more rCllmrkablc for tit" quantity a longn day's journey th~n I anfieip~ted, .\1)" brothl' accol~paui~d than for thc qualit)" of its produce. lllt' On horse\.>a{'k as fal' as the woodcn hri,lge across Tokell Creek. "The vincral'd al Dunmorc is divided into comportments by walks The' conntry ill this neighboul'1lood is bolh rich and b"amiful, ~iu:; rrossing each olher al right angles; and in the cent rc, ,.-I;CI'C Ihc Hnely di"crsificd wilh hill and le old mandri"iu" (' d,~ise "art to,varo I-ineyard. j\"., Long lold me that bst year he had sold f!'Om a Maitland, \\"ho, Ilearued, as Ill' I",~s~d, was" working gard.. ",'r, "'bo single acre of vines, of Ihe Bbck Hambul'gh I'ariet)", thil'ry' JlOlmds' rcaB lli~ garden at T"kell from iIlr. Wilsoll, 101' ,rhid. he 1'''.'"-' worth of grapes, and had had seventeeu hundrcd gallons of winc 301. () rear, Thcre is nO doubt that an indll,lrious f.1tlli1r will \.>e fl'om it hi:sidcs. Tbr grapes al'e sold h)- wholesale on the (I]}I{' to make onl () very {'omfortabte li,-iug iu ~lIch a situation, an,l spot at the rate of thrcc half-pence pel' pound, 120 lbs. being it is gl"lltif)"ing to tind Ihat a~ the' "usr resourl'l'S "I' the ('''''lltr~' ar~ gradually de"eloping, such falllilies are establishillg ,helll~el<'es in rc~koucd 10 t~le lOO. The)' 3r(' rcmo"cd in carl.loads h)' rhc pur­ comfort and comparat;"c indepeml(·o{'c in all suitahl" hx'aliti,'~. ~has:TS, I hi:hcve pl'incip31J)' f"r the Maitland f.. uit market. FI'Olll Therc is a I>ollndl~ss field for them in this l'il'h agri"ultlll'al ,Iislrict. ~n e'ghth part ofth~ same acre of vines, Mr, L. told file that Ihere had already !xl \d d ' "The bridge aCI"O"" Tok,·1t Cl'~ek is a ""rr rt·..<1ital>!{' .fru,'l\""-' (lf ra en. &0 lI,.,ng the present year, twelve pounds' worth aekgno:::~~~:tt~~ I~" 11 WJS eredcd, I.bdie'·e, b)' th.' Distriet l'''un,·il. an,1 "oSI little' ;ate of !Jet. an ac"e! l\h. l:ichmid, who mOre than 300/., and no fllss Oboll' il. It is a su\:t;<[~"tia1 W"",kll acr~a t: n"v-~r ~ecn lH<:lan V, 110" ;" lad &u:h !ll'oduee ill Germany, I ~tl"ueture, aud lUny 61alld !){'I'h"l's tw~ulr re:oro. A bri.lg~ "r" , S lowe me a .,nglc vme of which be had just " simibr de~eription. ,. liHle ~trol)g<'r ~ll<1 wider, o,'er Wallis Cr~ck TlI~: IIlJNThH ANn )IAl'>l'1ING mVlWS. 225 near )I"itbnd, m;sl,( lo:,,,c ,erH,1 the public fo" many )e~r8 to ~ol;citor rrom the (;overnmcnt, by whom it is of courSCbcd before J reached the to...n of 1':i1l"l'5On, )Iy brother, intolenlble system of eentr~1iz~tion to whieh this colonr has been so ..ho \oao.! in (he llll'antimc rClUrncd in the opposite direction, got obs~T\"ed long 'ubject.:d, and of Irhieh Ihe frllits h~I'e been so bitter and 50 olll)" a fc\\" drops of Ihis r:lin, and I Ihat it hll not I'>:t~ndt'tl calamitow to the eommnni!)'. The Local Governmcnl, or in other more Ihan a mile or two beyond !'atter$Onfonn­ ~liOut it ought eOlleernment, like the oue in question -' Gentlemen, )'on hnl"e cenainl,. 19 ha"e t...-cn a noile or SO highcr Ill' the rivcr al Ibe head huds, and 10 has a pin; but we ha,'e a head here for which the of Ihe n:H·ip.lion. The 10.;$ which Ihe dislrict will SUl;tain in all public bal"e 10 pa)' ~OOOI, a year. aDd ..hicb has therefore a rigbt 10 f"tllre li"", from thi:! illexeU13b!e blundcr. '>fI tm. part of the Loo.I Ihink and deeide for rou all" Get about )"our business, therefore; GO\"crument of the lim.... i:! "uile inealculable" J'recisdy the $ame ""e will do it all for )"uu.' lhillg wa, d",H' hne as ut )[nitlalld; Ih('re toeing highly eligible siles " A case of a somewhat similar kind, and onc of peculiar agsrn­ f.-n" comll1ercialtown< in bolh localitid at the he:,d 'Jf the ll:lvigu­ '"alion, has just becn brought under In}' nOlice from a different I,att tiOll; but the land in both ca~:! '':is in l)ri'"ull' hands "Iten lite of tbe counlry, A bridge ""U to be erected over Ihe 1'151 Ri'"er, lowns "'ere p '.il.'<'lcd~ut )lorl"l'lh iu Ihl»C" of .::.. Clos<. Lq", for_ and ,commitl~ of geotlemen OD Ihe spot ..as appointed 10 gl'! tbe lnerl)' 11. e", a 1 at Ihe Old Wharf, on Ihe I'att,rwn, in Ih0>01' I)t(:'s.:nt namc I do 001 f<"('(>lleN. for it, aDd his lender hl!ing accepted, he bad carried it half way 10 11 wus n"t"ral fvr th{";;e parlies, on lindin;r Ihat Ih,·)" had :.:01 ~~s· completion; borrowing money as he could upon the head of it, till siou of d'gible ll"CIs ot' land, tl) stand Oul tor n good pr;ce ,~hell be .hould hi! entitled to dl'llw what he- had gi\'eo I'alue for. In Ihis the}' undehlooJ Ihal ILe Go....mmenl. whicb OlI_~lll ...,hr 10 ha..., stage of Ibe lran",ction somebody f('Cls dissatisfied ..ilh tI,e ,rork, alicll:iled such bnd o':lC"pl for to..1l$, ..i,he" le" li",,'$ mol"\' Ihan if \\"a," Hut Goyem",~nt th~ l"e:l>onal.>l~ 'nent send up a suneyor alllhe way to Yass·, who tea,"s down :I the rern,ed" in both e",,'s, !,,,i,'{-s "Ilk!> jlwill;r C'OIllltr~-; 1lI~0 tinw, ... ho art merely .Icling on b('halfof Her Majl.'SIV, coolly ,. P;l\er""Il's 11;"er i§ nol a '''renor j.l ... tclhnl; the conlraclor tbal Ibey hove ,,";u;hed their I,and; of the it is t'quoU" famous fllr ill ";nel and loooeell" )Ir. Park. all o""I,'n· ~i\"e l)ropr;~lllr ~n,J malter" The COntraclor is rdul><"d a copy of the repol"t on On thc uPJl('r part of Ihe rller, a n..ph ..", or ,h," "jll'"~'nrll :,~r," the ~l'ot, ~nd hat 10 come to Sydney to toeg fOI" it through n iI,-cut ,H"ic"ll t"",'clle'", h:11 " or "llr l{,,, rloan ;.I:, : au,J Ih~ pr"""ee of 10baceo ill Ih~ d'striel is ","".' ,·oll.i,l.'r:ohk l Wall 5Orr}'IO find, I""..enr, thal .hc euhi'aIlOt' ur Ihe ,-iu,' lu. lCI bC'ell by no w~aU.$ f3Yoor:abl~ to lit.. morals uf the di.I'''I. " , IIISTom' OF , 226 TIn: IlUXT}:n AND lrMO,IXG nH'Ens, --.00- 18rge p<)rtion of the bbonring 1I0l'ul:ltion of Ihi. oolllllr}' is so hoJIC_ 10 lhe I'ighl r{)~d, ~nd enmmcnce Ill)' journey 10 Dungog af~sh, I a(ldiel~'(\ lessl\' 10 intelllperance, thnl the tCIIlptMkm of cl".>;o]' wine, 10.t olher ("ur miles I,y I"king the wmng r«ld a ~cond lion\: in a \l'loi~h thl'T purchase in buckclfub froUllhc growers, ill irr('SiSlibl(-; subse>1"j:nt part of "ly nlUte, an'" it had bet'n '1nite dark for up..ards and conlinu:tl ponrty and cxtcnsi'fe ruin :IT@ the lantent:r.bl.., I"\'$ult. of :In honr :100 a half ..I,en I reaehed DUDgDj!. after a rme or tip­ "It :roppearl 10 ml' lhat the raJlidl)' cxI('nding euhh'alion of Ill'" ..-ants of fin) mil..... including Ihese IWO a",k1l":ltd addilioos. "ine in Ihis colon)', i,likel)' to lead, al no dislant period, to some "J)uugog is finely situated for IlH inland colonial 10"'0, and it organic cbaugc in our ('ntire Custom 1I0use s~ stem, De]l.en~ing as (,,.,,no! f"il, ~t no ... isl:lnt period, 11) become a place of im[lOrlaD"'~, wc are in grcal u,.:!asurc foL' a revenue at llL'eSl'nt on Ihe llUpOrl Th~re i< much alluvial bod of the first 'Iualily for culti,';tlion. dUlit'!l on ",i""l :\Od spirils. thDt r<'VCIlUC .... ill Ill"C('6Sllrily fall of{ ..ithi" len or 1""'Vll Illilcs of il. bol:h up the river :ron'" do...n; and grc:ltlr as ",ine aDd bnoo) of coloni:r.l Sro",th _supersede Ih~ :u bn,l of this ch:lQCler is gntrally fouDd in delaebtd p:11ehK .ilh (ort'ign al1icll', u Ibl''' 1Il1" sure 10 do 1''f('nlu.a1l)', "'hflll,llen shall a l:trger Or slll:lller e):lenl of I.rettr ~ p&lUre :ro<1joining il, it is I'fe ha\'e to do br and b~? Whl" we I1I11St greatl)' eurtall Ihe ex­ IlI'c"liarl)' :n]apled for lhe St'ulem"lll of an ~gricullU!1l1 population; pt'nditure 00 the Due hand b)' (\imillishinS salaries, and aholishing and mall)' repnlable f"milic, of Ihi~ class h:l\'ll :le1'ordinglr ,ellled offiC>!'I (\lid vc IH\l$t endea\'our on Ihl' other to gel rid of the CUSlom ",ilhin a lIlotkral~ dislanet of the toorn .luring Ibe lut lell fears. 1l0U5t' altogether-declaring S,-dney a Fr~ Port like Sing:t[lOrt, .. Tbe CO<,lnlry IIas a hill :rond dale eharacltr....bkh pll';l.S\'S lbe Dnd nising tI...: sm:lll I"l"fenue 'l're shall noquin> for our ehnp e,e. and the Oungog moonlain is of considerable ele"alioo. ",bile Go,'ernmcut by dirtd taxation. ils sillt'S afford good Il:IMurt in mOSl ,;easons. "The to'HI of Patleuon has nOI advanced as it ollghlto h:l"e done .. illueh of Ihe a'nibble lan,1 in lh" dislrict of Dungog is still in a st:ll" of lll1tur", :111(1 lhe ricb bru,hcs on Ihe ri,'cr bauks slill froll' Ihe gnat advanlages of ils situ:llion,:lS being ueal' the head of abouud ...ilh ect.lar of SUJICrior quali!),. C. L, Brow.., EMI., J, p,. the navigation or a noble river, ~u,1 in the midst of agrain-gro,r­ 001' or the ol,l~ wlonisn in the distriel. .ilh whom I b:cd 1(MIl!' ing, ,.ine.gr(l"ing, and lobacc:o-gr(lwing di,lrict. Thii has probabl)' been acquainled, and I'fhose llO.pitality I experienced during my ar~n from :mother piece or gO"cmment:t1 wisdom, 'l'rhich the lne:l­ ~hort ~I")'. r"u~ oul wilh me to one of th,-se bru.hn on his est:ll~, lily exhihilS; for inSlead of holding the purchasers or lown :11101­ 10 see the 1)I'oce"rf~,,'tly wund througho"t, a"d w,. cstiln,l(od ro ~'i~W In short, Ihe dass of pt'rsons for wbom the establi.l"nent of a lOll n :)(J.IJV" f,'CI Qf limlo:r. )11', Brown $CUi> lhe limb~r 10 a conl,,~ClOr ,vas peculiarl)' dl'siruble, viz, medoan;cs of all ,Ieseriptions, bhol" alII, p"r Ihousan,l leel, 1,",'aIM on Ihe $pOI. Tbi.' hig trc,' w:li keepers, I.e., have becn virtually pr"reuledfrOlllllurehasiug aIlotnocnts th"reru~ worlh not l~.,. tll:ln 301, The grouod ou which rhi;; ~(jtwilh,t:r.ndin~ in tbe 10Wll, .nd l'n'Cling hou!'C$ for lhem""lve, all nobl... t~ !""'" had been boughl b)' )Ir. lJ. from lh... GO'fl'mu.cllt these' serioWl dra..bados, hO"ever, PalleT'SOn cannot fail. cYcnlUallr, :It li•. an ae~·, an'" oennl ...'Clions, or squ:>re ",itn. which h luJ fro,n its comm.nding situ.lion, to be .n ir.land lown of verr consi­ pun:haiCll Oil lh" S.''''~ lenus, ha<1 been elllird,. 1''';<.1 for frOU1 It,,· derable imJ>lU ha,Hl•. and ... 110, I a", ...,rr,· tn tn,'"mllg in the same di~tioll, I louk 11Wi! roa.d 10 Ih" leA. llnd only :IdUt Ill)' n,;stake .fler I b~ ridden up the l'aU"rwn mile ",iles ['Cl'lInC(', or to :tllphing d~ al all en:.! ofI', The "'i:o<:o­ ""1')' or having "i"I'I1''''' ,.. ile~ ud"'e<1 10 a d;'y'a jnul'u"y of ~"l1leij:nt \e"i?llo "Irea('11(1 tile high Wllges ther Cllm h~ ~Jr. lh~ ~1:l11diug wn~ in sccnes of \)('lIs11,. illtellll'ennee -selling 1111 thc dr<:cttl'il's 111;(1 pto. 'lfl\.·rc,l W. ,,01. for lillllJer, which of course prklil'S of ci,iliM'l1 life III ddilllw('. 1 rode "I' "ilh iIIr. BroWIII" ,1(11,,11)' :'f<''"I'kd: 10"1. al lhe ,illl~ of Ill)' ''is'I, cedar to the ..alue of ~"hl I~nant, the mi8{'r:lb1c hllrk·hul ill Ihe bush wltere 11 [l;Iir of S.111'}'l·Tl; IIU(1 :1("'11. hn,C ht-,·u "If lhi. \'ery lnn(1 hy the "nd bc h3d their fh11lilil"S wcre dOlllieilt~1. Onc of them "'nB 1111 old 1':'nd,1I "ill nn ('(lual 'I,,:,ulil}' 10 sell. relirt of th" oldcn ti"'ts of the rolon)', who, I lludel'l\tood. had "Th,· th,nl ..,f Ilulll;0'; h:u a l',oll"blion of about 300; it has 3 c);hibited in his \1"holl' I'har:":ler and comlne! a l~rf('(:t disregllnl of nlt':'llll .'(>lIr·l11ill." ")h,~. ro_f"ctor)', on{' or 1\'0 good inos., an eris­ <"'crphing rt"pul(lhll' (lnd \'irtuous. Ilis mate, 'I\'ho, J W(lS sorr)' to l"d. find, hlld betu (ollo...in; his ball <''':lmple, a]lhOllgh hut :I reeelltl" .• TI"....., is 3 eleTl:) 111311 of ,h{' Church of Englalld, the Re ... :Hr. arri,'{'(I (T<'e immi;t:lnt from E"slal1d. "':1$ a n'mark3bl}' good. 'nom... ,,·h., b3S bt.'<::1l ~1l11} kltlro ill Dungo:;, alld who, I 'nS looking )'OUllS 1U3n. J ....3S surprised to find Ch:lt bolh lIe aud his hnl'P} 10 Inn!, i. b...nt-nll, 311<] dcSt.'r...ooly llOJ.'ular in Ihe district. "'ift" a lid)' little English u·om3n. I'\'('ogniscd IllC 3S:ln old aC'quaint_ At Ihe su~gnlion of «'rla'lI of Ihe inhabit:lll1&, I caused it 10 be auC<'. ha"ing both bten rrt'$('Dt at 3 lecture I dclinred on Ihe ca]l3­ 3nnnl1l'crd th:lt I shoold Ilre:llch ill Ih .... !.'Ourt homoe. 1l'hi{'b bad biJiti<'s of Ihe colon,. as :'I. field for tmigt:llio". in the 10....11 of bfto gt:loted fnr lh.... 1"'rJ.or.e by :\lr. Uro"'lI, in the "..cniog- of Ihe Lttds. ill Engl3nd. It ....115 one of II,e larStst nlffiings I h3d ad­ d.~ I sl"'lll in Ih d;$Inrt; and "nnll as Ih.... ,·illag... is, and short :I.lI enthu~iaslic, dlY55l1d on lbe subje-ct in EnSblld, and ....:1$ mOl!t The ..a~ Ihe noticc si ,n. I "'ss gratLficd 10 find a eongn'g:llioo of about ~n ,.oulIg mall had :\ cIOth ....orker at home, 3nd his f:'lther, who 100 pcr6Gn' as>tulbll'ti for dj"ine 6I:"·i('('. It W20S 3 .....ry &'OOl'3bl" dj~ hd }'oung, and I{'ft his 3l1"ai11 in qutslion:lbl{' h3nds, had h3d indic:ltion indeed <>f lbe chanCier of Ihe pbC'C. a clOth.factory of his o....n. He b:ld tabn up his p~nt occupa­ .. )Ir. Urow,,', hOOk. c3lled C"irnmolt, from a mounl.in iD. G31­ lion at bis o"'n b3nd, :'I11u"'>l by Ihe high ....ag{'$ ....hich it off~1"l'd ; 10""'" in :kotbnd. is beautifully "lIlalw on lbe fal'<' of :l bill about bUI it 'nS e..ident he hat! bftn ll:0ing fnt do...n hill, from the bad b"lf -a m,le from lhe \·'Ibge. )lr. Il:s e.stale, comprising murh eompany into which Ill' h:ld f:lllt,". I uked Ili$ ...ife ...hether I bru,h land of Ihe fiNt '1ll:Ilit)' for clllLi,·:llion. is 6,000 acres ill had t<)ld allY stories 3bout the colon)' at Leeds? Sbc :IIckno.... led!!ed "xtent. Tb.... diSlrH:1 of DungDg, like Ih", of lhe Palte..-, is ad- I~al I bad oQ(, but.obstrred Ibat il 1nI5 a much roull:her sort'" of ",il'3"'}' 3l13pled for the ,ine and for tobatto, a.s ell ..., for Ihe hr.. Illt~·y ....crr leatlmg Ihan sbe h:td anlicipatl"d. I told ber that ~'1'Qwth of m3i~e, :lnd that the rotlon pbnl will Sll eeed equall), I~:ll was ellt.irel)' tb~ir o...n fdull; for evco in their Pl'l!SC."nJ o«upa_ ..tll in bvlh. 1 had o<:ular denlflllstratil)lI. In short, the.... is c,'''I)' lion the}' mIght tas,l)' make themseh'ca Tcry t"Omfot1:11b1e ir the}" rt:I~1I 10 beli.,n~, Ihal I)uugog will rooll bt'cou.e :In imporlant in_ c~, especi:ll~l)' .... ith Ih.e bigh ....ages tbry 'll"ere earning. nut if 1:1111,1 lo...n. anti lh:ll the SUTTOUlldill:; dlStricl ... ill ere long bll' Ibc Ihe} SpeOI Ibr,r moue)' III druokclllleiB, as tb'\! hllib:lnd '-ckno.... _ WIll of a numcrous, indu.strioos, and \'irtuOllS agricutlllral popul:lIioo. ledged.lhey had beco doiug, whal could Iht'}' expect bllt miS(>rJ' "I left Dungog Oil Jo'ridnr. !Ist .1i:lrrll. :'Ift"r tiTS! Cl'O$Sillg Ibel and rum? Mr. Brown and J g:ll'e Ib.. t",o 11."')'1'11 11 joint lecture ri"cr 10 di$llImse Ihe ordinallc... of b3.plism at lbe residenC'C of 3 On lemperance Dud Ihe otber Christi:.n "inuca; the old h:l.lld pro­ Tt·vulabl... SCOI .... h fllmil}·. lOll:; wuled. ill th" distrief. TbI' cour.... of feaso.'tI to be ,'cry pt'nit{'ot, ond both promise(],31 ]{'llSl 10 ref0111l the rin'r is '·cr,. ...ircuitoll.lI. 1100:11 11><'"" are gt'lIet:llly ronllitl"r~ble (or lbe future. ' p"lchu of IIlh"'ial land 011 onc or otber of ils b.:lnks. Ibe ....· a..... nppellr~"ce . ': '~he cedar Ir:r.de ,. al Ilrl'Stnt the principal d{'JH'lldance of this manr stll;lll !'lln". of a thr;"illg alon,; il5 co"r.ie. About fl)ur mil{'s bo.-Io ... 0110g0';, on Ihe ro,,<110 Cb....·nce To..-u. Ilurned ~~C'l\.'IY, :'Iud I was crl>dibly illformed Ihat it brin,::;. intolhe Dun"og asid ... 10 Ihe Idt 10 lIt.'t.' Ill" farm of Ihe .:\le..r•. Ila"I"', 11I"ll ...... l"'~t­ Q~'l~'~t not le"lh.~IlIWO or thrce huuoJrtd pollnoJsa "'eel.. Q anti7ies w;~e~~lllabl.e n abl~ llnmnrriw s..:olcluuen, frllm th... n~'ghbourhood of GI3S:;"'" in tllnber are diSCovered frOIll time to time in localitie. who. I had be... n told. wer" tbe besl pr'.leli<·al farmers in the d;'l1·i~l . .' 'taexl'l~nee ha<1 nOI bt.'t.'ll et! ,. old hf~-KUlll':l0 n~""1I "n' ,'kare,1 3nd iu ""hi'a_ Ul'I'cr Willial"'. !liver I" a' . \\ 'ode)'",., ESlt·, /11. c. 011 the ti"n,lheir prclcut r{'ulal being l)u1r tit. :I ~·'·lIr. ~l~s.rll. Ihxta·. • '111 "'8 u qualllity of eedur On 'the laua, 230 mSTOln' 0)' NE\\' SOU1'U WALES, farm form, l penilllula, being lll.·nly sUlT()undcd by 'b, 0" Tnt DU/Io'TER ANI> lL\X'~L."'G R1VET',$, 231 h 'I" ver'l\ud I e 501 I! of SlIl'JI'lS5lng f("r!ilitr, ,bo..in" J,) f("el deep 0' 'b .' ~lre;l'h Id I' , - <> • e r'chesl observed, ("Qtlld boast of onl,. .:lOO inh"'bitanu, 3ishop mOll - dId nOI ascert:uD ..h,u ("XII'n1 of ad of Ihe na1'igation, but it o«upies the point e:>:t~n,,1'c tT:::lcts of th" ~DlrJ, und("1' a jUdieiou, .,.slem of culli. ...here the road 10 DUllgog st1'i1r.es Ihe ri.'er, Air. Lo... e, till' ship­ ~1l()D. But tbe G:rell dlfficully bt're, u else.... bere, is tI,e .'DI of baildl'f, had a ve$l("l on Ihe stocks at his building·,."rd ("\05e to Ihe '~llr, T~ Mess~, B:lJ:lt'r had had 1"0 labourers _ free immi. township. gm Is, b~u;;ht OUI Hl,OIlt' of Ihe G01'eTDlllenl ships._ but tbe)' bad " As a heavy thullder shower, ...bich 'II'"S follolrtd b)'" genlle ~Il obtige~' "'0 or sep..~I'ated from ("~eh olbn h)' '" di"iding range of "er)' consider­ thl' I ,urers ~s the f~rm Sl"nllnlS of the "'1'1t of Seolland Y COn d easIly den ~OOf, a-Jen off Iheir farm ' able ele~ation, whi("h t("nnilUltn on WilliaUl', Rh-er ~I Porphyry

h Bnl ...bal I felt the ItfU.I~t illte,,"t ill " "ainl. On the road from "atlHSOn 10 DungO'.;, Ibis "'lIge il called Ihe WaJbro!la Hill. On lhe road from Clareo("e TowlI to the Pal_ ~:~a;~ f:-;; ~mall plat of eOIlOO_abou,::n:u:~t;I:~:~::~ tC1'I011, il ill (""lied the Hungry Hill I bad nnn IT:::Inlled the "( ProcllrN, Ihrou~h A. Warren );'.- W'I'" " R"'er, rom S. Donaldson Esq i\ '---t', I lam S road before; bal presuminG: that my horse had done 10, lll'ft the Ibre.:: feel apart, Ihe usu~i dis;'a~:~~'n Ith~dbeen ~Ianll'd iD roll's, maU("r prell)' mu("h ill hi. hands, Tbere h"d been an l"xteusi1'e evidl'utl)' l'e'luire to he I ~. South Carolina; hm it will fire on the mountaiu, which had quite obliterated Ihe Irack in som" the ~llllvial laud of ,'" I' nnl(" III to.... fi"e 01' si.~ feel upnrt in UIS,",Ouutry Tthal ' d plae(:S, und , eOlll, ,' p ,aDls ...ere ev,dentl)' mll("h too differ in "pinion oceasionallr ai to the proper roule. It "'~s uiuc . ~me 11 'I was In bI poo.4 fairl)' formed and re$l' W' OSSOOJ; otbH plalll$ had o'dock ..hen I 1't':tched '" Ihoemaker's hut in thl' '-:Iller ot tb(" fhese plallts Mr, Bnter ,""Ill ~~g a small pear; lDd on one of Pat\erlOll, ...bo I'coposet.l that I should gi"e all appre-lui("e 00" hl' orm"" nl(" he had had a shilling to mount a horse of his alld guide me b)' 11l1' nlllllr­ 500 pods! He wn i:llis6ed il ou Id C'Ot1Dled np..ards of dimate of this COllQtr)' admira: 'l~oS'rr~r fot Loth the t;oil ~nd rons slip·rails 1(1 the pUlll, T(I tbis arrangewfIlt I gladl,. :U'l'nt<"d. prospect of remuneratill em I y. ere IS th("reforl' a bouodll'SS and I found m" guide au imelligl'nl boy, Ihe son (If ODe of thr lioll in this lll'lluch of el~' ~ o)'Inellt for an agricultural Ilopuln- frN immigrant. from France, who had b...... u sent Ollt I(> the c<>lon)" "Afto' a ride of I 'l,vall~n on thel! Go,'er>Hllcllt 'hOI'fly aftcr th~ la.t Fr~ncb ll""olu, n, we "e ""ll's thro II "n~lel'l-oceasion:lll)' gellin a ' ug I t I~ bll~h, frOIll M("ssrs. tiou. It w~s teu o'clock b('fore I reached In)' t"'ol!ler's. and l ' ..lIon fal'ms ai,' g peep UI the 1',1'("1' and at lh" ,," rctumed 10 S)'dnc)' b), Ibe ROle stealllel' 011 :::'~tllrday e"I'uiug," b lIg lis eour&c_] '. u I­ I "population of Clal"Cll~ T luehed Clal'('IlCC Towu, \\'h~1 The squatting dish'jcts or Bligh, U ...... ,·pool Pll1ins, N("\, bUI ...a.slldb·o t at It "'as mueho..it.n may 11(:1 I ("ouId UOI ascert~ill, _____ u enOt 10 DlIlJgog, .... hid" a. I ha,'c England, and Gl\')'eara lo]x, 193, 232 IIISTOr.1" OF NEW SOUTH WAI.r,s, 111E IIUNTF.1t A~J) )1A..'"1iING mnms. 233 duce, chiefly wool and tallow, bring fOTII'unlcl! fOl' Cl.:­ fields, has fInite all English IIspect. Armidale, n rising ]Jorllltion 10 London IJrincipnlly by way of Mailland. lown in New Englnllll, has already l\ population of 556. The district of Lil'crpool Plains is Y.."IJnratcd from tll(! It is 270 miles from l\Iaitland, and 370 from Sydney_ county of Brisbane b)' n range of mouutains, ca\le

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