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be as great, if not n greater rarity, at Sydney 

 than in England, for in the hittrr t'(Kintry I am 

 happy to sec thc>y are endeavouring to, and I 

 hope will, sj»c!Bee4 to te^fliug them. 



The SK^aolad (^f &e sp&dBS fi&tBmda atid 

 filifannilmd) were abimdanfe, and covered at thia 

 season with a profusion of delicate golden 

 flowers, inipartino^ to tiie otherwise sterile aspect 

 of the woods, a gM) and animated appearance, 

 as wdl ^ 4i&^tif a grateful ihi^raaiee ^oimd, 

 wafted by the gentle breezes to a stilj greater 

 distance ; their drooping- branches, thickly 

 studded w^ith pending clusters of blossoms, de- 

 corated tlie sides of the roads, gardens, barren 

 plain*, and hailM of tb^, being the only 

 tl^ees that at one petiod of the season bestowed 

 some life to the nsnal uninteresting ohararter of 

 the sccn(^ry, at some parts aided by otlier Hower- 

 ing shrubs in full blossom, among which those 

 rf tJie Spstfiridm family wej?e mostpso&se,, 



F^i^toatta a prdty village situated in a 

 vale, and has some well-constructed public 

 buildings — as the government-house, orphan- 

 school, commissariat stores, female factory, Sec. 

 Tihf situation of the nllage renders k ^xeeedr 

 ingly sultry iwm^ the sosminer months* The 

 govermnjSJtt^house is well-situated, and the 

 buildipg is of neat construction ; the grounds 



