ARRIVE AT HO BART TOWN. 



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sequent!}^ on board. The whole weig-ht emplo3^ed 

 was equal to 280 lbs. ; and the time taken by the 

 line to run out Avas 1 hour^ 59 minutes^ and 56 

 seconds. 



On June 24th we entered Storm Bay^ and next 

 day arrived at Hobart Town. None of our Australian 

 colonies —I had previously seen them all — reminded 

 me of the mother country so much as Tasmania. 

 The clearing's on the shores of the Derwent looked 

 very pretty, and almost Eng-lish^ particularly the spire 

 of a small church peeping* out from among* the trees. 



