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fjf mudb importance in this and country,) ooni- 

 Itiiiitig capaUilities ofcultivatioii mid g-razitig land 

 vvirli picturcsfjue beauty. The " Plains/' or more 

 properly speaking, extensive downs, ax'e destitute 

 of trees, affbtdisi^ ^ pa^tutag^ £br 



die^p, &c», and the distance is terminated by 

 open forest country, most part of which has 

 ali'eady been granted or sold by government to 



Mr« Manton^ itrm is deliflit^lly situated^ 

 ha^iztg a fine stream of water running through 

 it. ever\' facility for sliecp-w^ashiiig is afforded 

 iiim— a desideratum of the first importance in 

 tbid colony, where wool forms the staple article, 

 ^ malir ptefp, md the deatier itjs 



llirOUght to market, of course a better price 

 can be obtiiined. The hind al)out the farm, 

 (as uuist be expected from all large grants.) 

 is composed of good and bad portions, but the 

 foi^i^ip, I beiieve, iJicpondmteii. 



Tlie natives had just anwed in the paddoek, 

 and csta1)lished their temporary village or en- 

 campment ; their habitations were merely sbeets 

 of bark, stripped from the trees in the vicinity, 

 and supported by props, tke^lidiet of )mk hmng 

 plUceM td windward} md lifted m ire* 



(jiured, fbt' (ire for conking purposes, &C., being 

 nuule in front. The. aborigines ai-e very expei't 



