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CHAPTER XIX 



Al'STRALIA 



Sydney — Excursion to r.alhurit — Aspect of the woods — Paily of natives — Gradual 

 exlinction of the aborigines — Infection generated by associated men in health — 

 Blue Mountains — View of the grand gulf-like valleys — Their origin and forma- 

 tion — fjathurst, general civility of the lower orders — State of society — \an 

 Diemen's Land — Ilobart Town — Aborigines all banished — Mount Wellington 

 — King George's Sound — Cheerless aspect of the country — r^ald Head, 

 calcareous casts of liranches of trees — Party of natives — Lea\e Australia. 



laiutary 12/h, I 836. — Early in the morning a light air carried 

 lis towards the entrance of I'ort Jackson. Instead of beholding 

 a verdant country, interspersed with fine hou.ses, a straight line 

 of )-ellowish cliff brought to our minds the coast of Patagonia. 

 A solitary lighthouse, built of white stone, alone told us that 

 we were near a great and populous eit)'. Having entered the 

 harbour, it appears fine and spacious, with cliff-formed shores 

 of horizontall)- stratified sandstone. The nearl)' lc\cl countr\- 

 is covered with thin scrubb)' trees, bespeaking the curse of 

 stcrilit)'. Proceeding farther inland, the coimtr)' im[iro\'es : 

 beautiful \illas and nice cottae^es are here and there scattcretl 



