MR, MMilTIlUUS Ki:i>IUi:>fCE. 



Pmnt, and situated iipon the banks of tlie Para* 

 .matta rrenk or river.* 



After au agreeable day's sojourn I left for 

 Paramatta, calling at the Vineyard/' thextif* 

 sidence of Haaaibal M'Arfehtn', The ha- 



bitation was delightfully situated on tlie banks 

 of tlie Paramatta cre<^'k, or l ivt r. His ganlciis, 

 annexed to the house, wwv. extensive, and 

 riclxly stored with many valuable shrubs and 

 plants, md a MtliaDft* of lijjKsu^tli$» 



anemones, joiwjoils, and other ^fiEwttab, i^ally 



the ornament of onr tiardc iis, brnuoht forcibly 

 to our minds tlie recoUrctioii of our sprin"' and 

 summer seasons at liome. Salt provision be- 

 coming an 'SP^Ie of ^oloinsl export, Major 

 Lockyer, Mt. Hv SI*^xii«fci and: mmy other 

 gentlemen, settled in, and possessing larg-p 

 cstatrs in tlie C(»l(niv, are ])rofitiibl\ enijilovcd 

 in salting provision, both tor the eomniissariat 

 department ^ the colony, aswdlas for ^jjoa*- 

 tatlon. The Liverpool is pifeferred by some to 



2>lace the governor wislied some name to be bestowed upwi 

 tlie pohu and one ef lite Uidtes helni; reqttift^ted 1^ do isd^, in 

 coiisc<{Mciic€ of die odairtmct just mentitmed^ luuned tt 

 " Xjssiii,|5 Point." 



# ^&cfeek, t%iittm«i{}ly cii&tt tWIPatamatta river, is a 

 creek or Inlet of tlie sea from Port Jackson ; the truerh'-er* 

 whicli is very jamall, falls into thia creek at P^rftmatta. 



