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settlors \v;is tliL* iiuiiiIkt of lu'altliy, lilooming 

 children stjen ou the farms in the interior ; their 

 little plump forms, with tlie prevailing flaxen hair, 

 eh^i^l Eti% di^aiiiott, audi Ydsy mmi- 

 teiiaiices, mf^mUj ilWjieated that hush fare 

 <lid nut (lis^itjrree with them : livinf^ in tlic itii(l.>t 

 ofexcelluut milk, and other vvtmlesome food, with 

 exercise, they are never cloyed bythetrash usually 



rarer am nil o- the st-rvakts, firom an inabiK^tQ 

 become inel)riat('d ; lint toliacco is quite a ne- 

 CiSsary of life among them ; few can nndergo 

 any labour Avithout it, and many have told me 

 iliai tbey would rather ^ve np ih^ ia&m» ibaii 

 be deprived of tobat cn ; rriitsequei^y m gift is 

 more acceptable in tliv. Inish to a servant, for 

 any a sj^i stance he may render to tlie traveHer, 

 than a present of tobacco, for money in the dis- 

 tant imits af iiie: laolt^j, & c<wpajmtirdy ufi^l^, 

 and they mc^ litd^s m mMnn^ ^hmi it. 



On leaving Lomehraes, *' the morning fol- 

 lowing, I proceeded some distance on my jour- 

 ney, when thinking I could reach " xMut, 

 mut, billy,'* sooner by taking a nearer cut 

 mm& iM }mhi I foUowad esMe-f^i&i&t m^l 



I missed my way ; no trifle in the hush of 

 New South Wahis, wbrre many, liaving hist 

 themselves in the uiuzus of a Forest, have 



