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interior iisiially corresponds. M<my liavc in :it 

 ii'artlt'ii^ attaclicd to thrm, hi wlilch, (liii"iii<^' 

 Slimmer season, the bloouiing rose, us well as the 

 pink, ihe stock, o<^erl[ii2^0sm ilow^i it&r 

 jMurt a beauty, and renrincl one ©f home J 0!f+ iii 

 lieti of th(*>;t' gay vegetal pvo(hictioiis,the indus- 

 trious Iifmsckeepcr has eausn! tht! plot of ground 

 to bo pkuited ^vith peas, beans, cabbages, and 

 p'^ils^ culinary vegetables. The tFM Cabbage, 

 comxrion on the European contmezrl, hkt ratefy 

 BOm in EngUmd, I observed introduced in the 

 gardens ; it thrives wtdl in the colony. 



House-rent is excessively high in the colony, 

 heittg one of &e pe^l^t expenses to a x^de!)4i 

 ifiL %dile^ ; it taries feim ^3dsf tw4 hundred 

 and fifty pounds annually. The-^tii^ets being of 

 saudst<ui<.\ the constant attrition of it by vehiel< s, 

 ike. produces, from its friability, iiuich dust, 

 whidi occasions, during windy days, much au- 

 nofioice f from the cause, tte «fe^eet» are 



often out of repair, and the hi.-t material ihv 

 rc[)ainyg thrni is a kind of Hiul y stone, brought 

 by ships from ilobart l\)\vn as ballast. 



1*art0tsai8, perhaps, of all the feathered tribe, 

 the most numea^ud in the cobn^i taX dffierait 

 speeii'S are JmJtded for s])eakiug, whi&tling, and 

 other noisy Jiccomplisbmcuts. IVo one can walk 

 I he streets of Si dney or any of the villages of 



