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con>:TMt'riiio- its peculiar situation, is not at pre- 

 sent, nor |u;rliaps vwr will 1k% ('([nalk^l. 



Altliough not entirely completed, we were- 



ing out hjQti^ met ime ^^x^^-m^mslied portion 



of it 0 tln' (lesmit is gradtial, and the solid 

 roek nl' " Mount Vittoria" had been cut tlirongli 

 iu the tbrniatioii of the road, a most laborious 



imdert«kii>g, a great purticm of H ^aai$ted 

 of ^ kind &i freestone. A hxsi^ imk ^mg was 

 still einjdoved upon it, iu order, as soon as pos- 

 silde, to rlirow it open to tJie public, as forming 

 a portion of the splendid new line of road over 



like Blue Mottiitsklii vm$% tib Baif^ttm, 

 The ir«to gang^ enip%^ 'tkpm tU» fm^iff^ 



just leavino' for diiuier wlien we passed, so we 

 availed ourselves (tf tin- opportunity to visit tlie 

 barracks, to see tliem mustered, and the messes 

 served out. The €!oAee these Mm were m 

 bad condition, from qum^ wooffej In wMeh 

 most of tbem were estpl^yed:; twife as Ibr M 



tlieir personal state was eoiicerned, they ap- 

 peared plump and thriving'. The barrack was a 

 temporary stockade, id wM(^ the bark huts 



were siiu^t^t aiid am^md &m a bm!M<le w^s 



crecited, outside which sentinels were stationed. 

 It was miserable to see tliese men iu so di'^rath'd 

 a state, who, banished for crimes from their 



