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tolerable quality within the district around Bathurst,. for the 
purposes of house-building and husbandry. 
‘* The governor has here to lament, that neither coals nor lime- 
stone have been yet discovered in the western country; articles 
in themselves of so much importance, that the want of them 
must be severely felt whenever that country shall be settled. 
*¢ Having enumerated the principal and most important fea- 
tures of this uew country, the governor has now to notice some 
of its live productions. All around Bathurst abounds in a va- 
riety of game; and the two principal rivers coutain a great 
quantity of fish, but all of ene denomination, resembling the 
perch in appearance, and of a delicate and fine flavour, not un- 
like that of a rock cod: this fish grows to a large size, and is 
very voracious, Several.of them were caught during the gover- 
nor’s stay at Bathurst, and at the halting-place on the Fish Ri- 
ver. One of those caught weighed 17 lbs. and the people sta- 
tioned at Bathurst reported that they had caught some weighing 
25 lbs. 
“ The field game are the kangaroos, emus, black swans, wild 
geese, wild turkeys, bustards, ducks of various kinds, quail, 
bronze, and other pigeons, &c.&c. The water-mole, or paradox, 
also abounds in all the rivers and ponds. 
“« The site designed for the town of Bathurst, by observation 
taken at the flag-staff, which was erected on the day of Bathurst 
receiving that name, is situated in latitude 33° 24’ 30” south, 
and in longitude 149? 37’ 45” east of Greenwich, being also 
274 miles north of Government-house in Sydney, and 944 west 
of it, bearing west 20°30’ north, 83 geographic miles, or 954 
statute miles; the measured road distance from Sydney to 
Bathurst being 140 English miles. 
*¢ The road constructed by Mr. Cox and the party under him 
commences at Emu Ford, on the left bank of the river Nepean, 
and is thence carried 101+ miles to the flag-staff at Bathurst: this 
road has heen carefully measured, and each mile regularly marked 
on the trees growing on the left side of the road proceeding to- 
wards Bathurst. 
** The governor. in his tour made the following stages, in 
which he was principally regulated by the consideration of having 
good pasturage for the cattle, and plenty of water : 
ist stage:—Spring Wood, distant from Emu Ford — 12 miles 
2d ditto—Jamieson’s Valley, or 2d depdt, distant 
from ditto - ge ye os -- 28 miles 
3d ditto—Blackheath, distant from ditto .. Al miles 
4th ditto—Cox’s River, distant from ditto .» 06 miles 
Sth ditto—The Fish River, distant from ditto .. 72 miles 
6th ditto—Sidmouth Valley, distant from ditto ., 80 miles 
Vol. 47. No, 215. March 1816, P 7th 
