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hIso for tli(^ (l('>-(M't : and wt; may Ii(ij>o tliat the 

 tiTiin is not ili>taiit. wlien grapes will ahoiiud in 

 Australia as tiicy at present do at the Cape, aud 

 ^ai ttrlu^ im ttome^eoits^t&piion and 

 portatlon -will be made &om tliasxr^ The litmimt^ 

 increase of grapes in the colony duriug" tlie hist 

 two or three year*, lea{!s one to Bn])pose tliat the 

 above opinion Avill speedily be coofirmed. 



6|1 inaklng a mi^qlnt sB^iin4 1^ tOfwSl of 

 Sydney, tlie metropdlk ef ^kt Am^a^im mlmy, 

 the extent <?f g^roimd it occupies, the number of 

 building's completed, as well as those erecting for 

 the increased aud still increasing populatiouj the 



T^tf ftftd]]«9d^m^'0f exiette Ifoe sur- 



prise of It stimng^, Md stiii immt£& pemtt 

 revisits the town after a brief absence, at the rapid 

 improvements that have taken ]>lace in this dis- 

 tant colony ill so short a period of time. The hum- 

 Me woodex^dwdiMxigs^siiXp fast givhig place to neat 

 houses and cott&ges cim^tiiicled tif l^elc sand- 

 stone ; but, as may be expected in all recently 

 establishcil towns, tliere is mucb want of sym- 

 nietry in the construction of the hnildinos ; and 

 on perambulating the sti'ects, specimens of se- 



ife^ mkamti <Mm of arehtt^ctiit^amssmi; 

 the cottage style, with neat veraisdas. Is cme 



much adopted for ]U'i\afe dwelliun-s, anrl lias a 

 neatness of cxtenuil appearance, with which the 



