CHAPTER VII L 



CONTENTS. 



JAUNT TO PARAMATTA — DESCRIPTION OF THAT PLACE — OBSERVATORY — GOVERN- 

 MENT-HOUSE, AND FARM— VISIT OF NATURALISTS TO ILLAWARRA— WOOLONGONG— 

 VEGETATION OF ILLAWARRA— LAKE ILLAWARRA— JAUNT OF MESSRS. HALE AND 

 AGATE TO HUNTERS RIVER - TOWN OF NEWCASTLE — COAL MINES - CONVICT 

 MARRIAGES— CONVICT STOCKADE— NATIVES— JOURNEY TO LAKE MACQJJARIE - MR 

 THRELKELD-MACaUARIE LAKE— CONVICT SERVANTS— M'GILL, THE NATIVE— SHEEP- 

 SHEARING-VISIT TO PEUEN BEUEN-BANKS OF HUNTER RIVER— MR. HALES JOUR- 

 NEY TO WELLINGTON VALLEY — MAIL CARRIAGE — POST - OFFICE DEPARTMENT — 

 PENRITH-BLUE MOUNTAINS — MOUNT VICTORIA— VALLEY OF CLWYD— BATHURST — 

 LAKES-BUSH - RANGERS — WELLINGTON — NATIVE CH ILDREN — MR. WATSON-SHEEP- 

 SHEARING— PROFITS OF SHEEP - FARMS-FLOODS OF THE MACaUARIE— POPULATION 

 OF THE WEST— NATIVE LANGUAGES — MR. PEALES JOURNEY — CLIFTON — CAPTAIN 

 M' ARTHUR— HE INTRODUCES THE FINE-WOOL SHEEP— LIVERPOOL— DAM IN COOKS 

 RIVER — NEPEAN RIVER — WALLABIES — STRATHARA— BIRDS-DECREASE OF NATIVE 

 ANIMALS— VISIT TO NEWINGTON— SALT-WORKS— PREVALENCE OF SALT IN AUSTRA- 

 LIA—DECREASE OF LAKES- ANCIENT FLOODS — DESCRIPTION OF FISSURES— EARTH- 

 QUAKES— BURNING MOUNTAIN— TRADE OF NEW SOUTH WALES— FISHERIES— BANKS 



— EXPORTS — DEPOTS FOR GRAIN — COLONY AT SWAN RIVER — SOUTH AUSTRALIA 



— FETE AT FORT MACQUARIE — SURPRISE OF THE COLONISTS AT OUR WANT OF 

 PREPARATION— STATE OF THE PEACOCK-ARRIVAL OF H. B. M. SHIP DRUID— SEASON 

 OF OUR VISIT— FACILITIES FOR OUTFITS AT SYDNEY— KINDNESS AND HOSPITALITY 

 OF CITIZENS — CHRISTMAS DINNER — DEPARTURE OF THE SQUADRON — DESERTERS 

 FOUND ON BOARD. 



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