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ALSrilALrAN KOItr.STS 



Pnrk/' the prnprrty of Dr. Harris, we arrived, 

 late in the evening, at Clydes(Iah^'' the farm of 

 Mr. Tompson, wliere wc remained for t]ie night, 

 Keattily tired^ ta^^ a sttltry ride acfoss ^ mSctLixy 

 of thirty-five miles. 



The p'eat fleficienev of animatinTi in tlu^ Aus- 

 tralian vegetation, cwecpt \v]ien in tlower, easts a 

 gloom over, rather than exJiilarates the mind of 

 theiiiBtfiller, producing none of those meiital de^^ 

 liglitt^ ii^Meli theUvdittm of the vegetable king- 

 doxKi, COjnbined with picturesque scenery, excites 

 in otljer conntries. As tlie travel! ei" jnurneys 

 through the Australian forests, there is a same- 

 ness, which A d^ei^ ^ meknGhoIy feel- 

 ing, exa@p€ng ig^^ A^^hom k^te&i^htsk 

 ^ apple-tree* of the colonists is seen, whm iU 

 more verdant folia^v :huI elrgant orowth imparts 

 some degree of animation and beauty, jjarticu- 

 larly when contrasted with the. dtli«r trigied 

 atooEt it. When cmi^ ixpon enlikdtM 

 spot, where the young wheat was sjjringing up, 

 together witli tlie hicerne fiehls, it fornu^d a 

 smiling feature in the landscape, and a most 

 agreeable reliel from the sameness of the bush of 

 JTew South ^flilfes. 



« The box- tree of the colonists (Kuvulyptus^ nj}.) is used 

 in ^^ta'f ^ the ^|»oke» mS^ iifitrluidst stid the 

 ** appk-tm" fAngcphem humhm) for ttte naves. 



