KIUKHAM. 



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gome (niantity of land urad<jr cuIdvEttion tot 



We passed the new line of road over the 

 " Ba.m**bi£ek Micmxit&iu^'^ ^Me& was m leoi tm^ 

 finished filate ; ^ mam doubt d^dsM 

 whether this line would be coniphited, or 

 another adopted ; but it has been thx'ided to 

 finish it ; tor whicdi purpose, road gangs were 

 about to be employed upon it. On attaining the 

 s^iSimi^ of Monnt Pnidhoe> m ^i^mm 

 b0a:^tiful panoramic view of Appin, the Co\v-pas- 

 tnres, farms, togX'tlier witli cultivated and fcn-est 

 lands, c^c. was laid before us in one extensive 

 landscape. We descended by an excellent road, 

 |ia^d tlimi^ Camden," the property of 

 J. M*Arthur, Esq., came upon the Cowpasture 

 road, crossing the Nepean river by a good wooden 

 bridge, and arrived at Raby farm in die af- 

 ternoon, after a long ride of forty-three miles. 

 A^tiet o<K;upying a. few d£ky» bk tbilt irt^i^^ I 

 proceeded to Sydney. 



During mjTBtay at the Cowpastnrcs, I visited 

 the fine farm at Kirkham, tlie residence of 

 Captain Coghill, and his amiable family : this 



* TItiC sctttcrs in Australia, as in Americaj call wlieat, 

 barley, &:e. grain; unil when Englishmen speak of corn-fiddsj. 



in Ms coiiniry. This often le&tU to mistakes m i^oaversattdii. 



