NEW SOUTH WALES. 



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AUSTRALIA. 



pearance of verdure. The trees nearly all belong to one 

 family, and mostly have their leaves placed in an upright 

 instead of, as in Europe, in a nearly horizontal position : 

 the foliage is scanty, and of a peculiar pale green tint, with- 

 out any gloss; hence the woods appear light and shadow- 

 less. This, although a loss of comfort to the traveller under 

 the scorching rays of summer, is of importance to the farmer, 

 as it allows grass to grow where it otherwise would not. 

 The leaves are not shed periodically ; and this appears to be 



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TAHITI AN COAST SCENERY. 



the case in the entire southern hemisphere, namely, South 

 America, Australia, and the Cape of Good Hope. The in- 

 habitants of this hemisphere and of the intertropical regions 



