GO 



VJiGKTATlON. 



rtiiuds any tliiiij;' but an idea of the sublime and 

 iK'niitifiil. It may also Ik' worthy of remark, as 

 a proof of" the increasing morality of the colony, 

 that na oii^ wsb stationed at the doors^ ba in onv 



of y^mirpiOjc^ets and that neitlier myself, op 



any p^cntlemcn in company, *'ithcr ia out ingfess 

 or ogress, had our pockets picked. 



The domain and country in the immediate 

 vicinity of Sydney isras as^tmiiiig 0n Bi^Aemlwsp) 

 a gay and brilliant as])ect from the profusion of 

 flowering shrubs and plants strewed over the 

 arid srnl ; there was, however, a peeuliar eha- 

 racter in the vegetation, tlie foliage of the trees 

 i^g^ng a dry appearanee, tmd being destitute t$f 

 lustra ad observable in those of other coun- 

 tries. This want of lustre is attributed l>y that 

 Justly eelel>rated botanist. Dr. Brown, to thr 

 equal existence of cutaueous» glands on both sur- 

 feoeairftlieleafl* ^d ^tttoth^fpectfliarity is tha 

 tre^ atlaiDlii|p ^ gi^^at elevation, with branches 

 only €% tM mxm&^ and shed^uig tkm bark ; 



^ *<]t is at least certain tliat on this !iii('n)srnj)ir fliaiac ter 

 of tht; Ciixmi existence ol" cutiuieous glaiiils on lijtli surliiccs 

 of ftte leAf; depends ^at vmt fsf Itietm «t4tM Is m rmm^- 



able in the forests ^.f New IloUaud." — S%f(/i of f/ic Botutitf of 

 ikn. Vicinity of Swan liiveti by H, Jirownt I^^jstf. J \Ji.S,,jnffi' 



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