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bable that some will prove different from others 

 in little more than the name, and that some may 

 be of little or no value ; but knowing the changes 

 produced by change of climate in the Vine, he 

 thought it possible that some of those which were 

 reckoned of least value where they were, might 

 yield the most valuable products in the Colony, 

 and he therefore thought none of them beneath 

 his notice. 



In conclusion, the writer begs to add, that, 

 throughout his journey, his attention was almost 

 exclusively directed to Agricultural subjects ; and 

 that, in revising his Journal for publication, he 

 has omitted every part of it which did not directly 

 bear upon these subjects. His object w^as to col- 

 lect as great a mass of useful information as possi- 

 ble, and he did not, therefore, cease to register 

 his observations, even where they might appear 

 minute and superfluous. It is only from an 

 extensive collection of facts that sound conclu- 

 sions can be deduced. Those collected here, will, 

 as the writer hopes, convince the Colonists of 

 New South Wales, that when once they have 

 obtained grapes suitable to their climate, and have 

 fixed upon a proper soil, it will require neither 

 great study, nor toil, nor expense, to enable them 



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