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OMAFIlEtt II!. 



S(nitbre appearance of the AusUalian coast — l-'ccllngs of an 

 efilTgraiit on approaching it — Jniprovenient of Sydnuy — 

 Fruits produced in tile ^olony^Eicfeeilt of tlK> town— Cttl- 

 ti\atit.in of flowers and culinary vc^etc tables — [louse-rent — 

 Tiie streets — Parrots — Shops— Impolicy of coutinuing the 

 colony as a p«aftl gfeti^ent— tl^eatre— A^ct of the 



country in the vicinity of Sydney — Thv .^rass tree — Floral 

 beauties— Larva of a curious insect— The cplouial mu- 

 Senm— l^itit to Mizaljeth Bay— Valmibl6 bet^iiiiaT s]>ed- 

 mens in the garden of the lIonc|Wa3jfe Alexander Maclea}' 

 — New Zcahnid flax — Articles manufactured fnuu that 

 vegetable — Leave ^ydney—Kesidenco ol' Mr. M'Arthur — 



CHAPTER IV. 



Road Irom Paramattii to Liverpool— Amyal *t llaby I'arni— 

 The opossum — l^rlsoiteta M fme ttieir— Advantage oi' 

 bf^i^ sentenced to an iron gang — Londtjn pickpockeis 

 converted into Shephertls — yugfj^estion with rci^ard to the 

 convicts— Leave Uaby — Mr. Jones's iiuni— Cultivation of 

 tlie tixie^-S£mi€h^s of ifn^ scexmy in Austmik— 

 Lose our way -.louniey resumed— (rhmniy ap|>earaiiee of 

 tlie Australian vegetation — ^U'be tea tree — Colonial iarnisi^ 

 Ettiti-ford—BTire ]rf6ii<itttirt ratige— ITJil* l*il|!irjhi tM— 

 View lVt>in Lapstene lliU \'ariet\ of tlitvurinii; shrubs — 

 A beautiful garden — Koad o\er the Blue Mountains — 

 PJeturest|ue [>rospectb— A mountain station — Bk>itk ail* of 

 tiju pIuCL"— JSupp<Jr 84 



