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by his family circle, and a few select friends — 

 language, manners, customs, being all in accord- 

 ance with his own " native land :" his farm once 

 under cultivation, and stocked, he feels but few, 

 if any wants. Above all, he has no anxious mo- 

 ments about the future welfare of his children, as 

 there are few difficulties, in a new country, in pro- 

 viding for them ; and although many complain 

 of the ' ' dulness of bush life, " it is seldom the case 

 with those who are practically acquainted with it, 

 for time rapidly passes away in the various en- 

 joyments of a rustic life, and the superintend- 

 ence of duties which the farm imposes on a 

 settler, each tending to advance his prosperity. 

 The farm produces the necessary daily sup- 

 plies for the tables ; and the sale of the wool 

 gives a cash income for the purchase of other 

 articles, as wearing apparel, tea, sugar, agricul- 

 tural implements, &c. ; Sydney is therefore 

 usually visited once annually to dispose of the 

 wool, or ship it to England, and to purchase sluj 

 supplies that may be required for the use of the 

 family or farm of the settler. 



Early on the morning of the 11th of October, 

 in company with Mr. Manton, I left "Mount 

 Lavinia" to visit a part of the country about the 

 Murrumbidgee river, and fourteen or fifteen miles 



