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tlic All-trill i an ^it^t^ rope maiiuFacturt'd 



from this ri;ix, ami In* cDnniH'TKlri it iiiglily for 

 riiiiuiiig rigging". 1 was also informed by a 

 mercantile gentleman » that froiA its unclean 

 state (i3is 1^11 as imst heMing tke HBr^ in 



])arkiiig, by whicb tlie edges; deLayiiig, tlie 

 Icrigtli of >t:i])It' is ilimiiiisbcil otu'-balf) it has 

 become quite unsaluabie at home, aud the op- 

 position to it by tlie Riga flax importers tends 

 ^lE mm to <iriisli it> the badly cleaned state of 

 tile flax giving them a stroiig ground for its 

 condemnation. 



On tin* iirh of September I left Sydney, with 

 the intention of calling on my friends in the 

 vjcimty, and l^en proeeedinf mu ih& initeiriisjf 



of the colon}'- I paj^scd an a<j,r('ea]ile day With 

 the amiable family of Mijjor Loekyer, at lii^ luf^tty 

 residep^cc;^^ at the field oi' Mai's, near Kissing* 



* Tlie rnllnwitig Avtts mentioned to me as the origin of the 

 name given to this point. Governor Phillip, at an early 

 period tfee colony, fbrmftj a |ii<Mife pttty to proceed up 



the Paramatta river, and a person was s nt on before to pre- 

 pare kangaroo steaks. 'Uicy landed at tltis poiiit; aud 

 having regafea iTMsinself^, genttettiew, fbtt&wmg tStfe 

 maxims of John Hunter, laid dmvn npon the grass, and 

 aided digestion by lallioLi; asleep ; the ladies finding them- 

 selves deserted began to proi)o.se inning gloves, and there- 

 fort It'sses were taken, and on their awaking the forieit was 

 demanded, and of course AC»t refused. Before leaving the 



