NEW SOUTH WALES. 



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AUSTRALIA. 



late and untidy appearance. I cannot imagine a more com- 

 plete contrast, in every respect, than between the forests of 

 Valdivia or Chiloe and the woods of Australia. 



West of the Blue Mountains the woodland is generally 

 so open that a person on horseback can gallop through it. 



EUCALYPTUS-TREE (BLUE-GUM). 



It is traversed by a few flat-bottomed valleys, which are 

 green and free from trees: in such spots the scenery was 

 pretty like that of a park. In the whole country I scarcely 



