JNFANTICIDE* 



" Mount Braci' tho vit'w froiii it was cwteii- 

 slvo, Rud ot" luiicli inctnr<"^f|n(^ fii>;mty. — Pljiiiis. 

 (varied b}' wooded patclics,) iipun whitdi iicrdsof 

 eattle grazed orreposed ;■ — spots of cultivatedlaad, 

 gt^m. iM l^mXig igA i*— thitii^td^ ter- 

 minating to tlie horizon in nioiui tains of a greater 

 or loss d(\ii;n'p of t'lfvationaiid of varyiii<4' forms, — 

 peaked, rouudcd, or tabular, moru or lusstlensely 

 irooded ; and the Cudgegoiig river winding iU 

 ^smtm ^m&d^ 0ie Moqiiil scene, piro^eil, in 

 tliv comtlnation, a very pleasiiig lacndscape. 

 The asccut to " Mount Brace" was rugged, aiul 

 huge masses of sandstone, in \\hieh tjuartz peb- 

 bles were strongly imbedded, projeeted in seve- 



nl places m if etb^ te pi^pii^ti^ m tbe 

 flsam beneath ^ the Liptomera acidat ^xocarpus 

 mpr&i^orm0f aiwl the beautiful jrarasitical Loran- 

 thus pended from an Eucaly}Jtus were seen ; and 

 other flowering shrubs, among wliich some small 

 and deli^ale^ ^^tmisi^ (headtt^pbife tmms) of the 

 OreM^ {malf were also p]?ofusely scaHortgd 

 about ik& declivities. I returned ftfom jny walk 

 much gratifie*! witli Hie seenery. 



It appears far from being an uueomniou cir- 

 cumstance for the females of the aboriginal tribes 

 about thid and otli^di&triei^ iat the ^lony^ yrhm 

 they experienC4* mneli lingering sntlering in 

 labour, to threaten the life of tliu pooi- iufaur. 



