THE 



HISTORY 



OF 



NEW SOUTH WALES 



CHAP. I. 



In contemplating the origin, rise, and fall 

 of nations, the mind is alternately filled with a 

 mixture of sacred pain and pleasure. And while 

 the ¥ minds eye," views the prosperous state 

 of this infant country, it can hardly refrain, 

 taking an excursive glance at the United States 

 of America, and at the same time, find itself, 

 obliged to acknowledge, that it must prove 

 equally great, and ardently hope, it will prove 

 abundantly more grateful, to the mother coun- 

 try. 



The beautiful and fertile island of New South 

 Wales, is ascertained to be the largest in the world, 

 and formerly supposed to be part of that imagi- 

 nary continent, called Terra Australis Incognita, 

 lies between 10 degrees 30 minutes, and 43 

 degrees South latitude, and between 110 and 



