YAS PLAINS, 



by his family circle, and a few select friends — 

 IniioMinti^c, nuumers, ('iistoins, liriiis;' all \n acocml- 

 aucc with Iiis own " native land f ' his farm once 

 mi^er cmltiviilioEj and stocked, he feels but few, 

 if any wants. Abotd^, Be jkb^^iia axixit^ ^^ 

 ments about thv. future welfare ^Ife children, as 

 there are few difficulties, in a new country, in pro- 

 viding for them ; and althongh many complain 

 of the * ' dulness of bush life, " it is seldom tlia case 

 with liiose^whQ w^prs^tksallyai^ii^^^ 

 fo^ i^jlQ^: taj^lldly passes away in the various cn- 

 joymcnt^ of a rustic life, aud the superiutend- 

 euce of duties Mliit'h the larm imposes on a 

 settler, each tending to advance his prosperity. 

 Th|i feiaett po^^^ til© li^essary daily sup- 

 {or the tables ; and the sale of the wool 

 gives a cask income for the purchase of other 

 articles, as wearing apparel, tea, sugar, agricul- 

 tural implements, &c. ; Sydney is therefore 



vmnHf ^^mti^ mm ^mmsiSj to dispose 

 wt>ol, m &if at Muglm^ and to purchase my 



sup])Iies that may lie required £>r the- USe of the 

 family or farm of the settler. 



Early on the moruing of the 1 Itli of October, 

 iu company with Mr. Manton, 1 10^ Jji^unt 

 Laidtikff* U visits |^¥t <if the tioilzitzhjr {^bout the 

 Mummbidgee nver, and fonrteen or fifteen miles 



