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the weather, ;i l)hi/.ino* wood fin; and an exreHont 

 dinner. Tht* view from Lapstfme fUlL 'in ^■ain- 

 mgitssuniiiiit, was very splendid ; a large extent 

 of country uppeniisd friHJi thk d^BVAted late ; tlie 



lands rich for pastuvifti'e, well as in the cnl- 

 tivation of g;rain. l)iirin<>- the harvest season, 

 the prospect must be muck increased both in 

 irfclitLd^ md h^rsty. Tke ^itii;^<m Windsor 



tant village, the houses were not distingnishahle. 

 Begad Villr, ihe l>eaiitiful residence and larni of 

 Sir John Jamiesou, was inchided in tiie \iew. 



A^fcmt iMs place there was a great variety of 

 fiowediif dirubs, among wliicli the DmnisStt 

 ot^fe^ a variety or species with white 

 flowers, were abiinLlant ; Init the season (particu- 

 larly on this bleak range) was not yet suflicieiitiy 

 adrauced for Flom tnj distribute all her beau- 

 tiesj, '^iiout tlte bright stoi to mli^ai l3smxi. The 

 J^pidly advaneiii<»' snnnuer will, however, soon 

 strew the {'arth with a thicker carpeting of floral 

 beauties, which the earlier spring about Sydney 

 had already brought &xih in sucli an infinite 



pft^te^ U h SBmU t6 mdibdi;i3r from onxp 



min^is early impressions; thus we fiu<l tho$^trfl» 

 have been accnstonu'tl to regnnl jjlauts from 

 foreign climes, nursed in the conservatories at 

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