AWm&Vll TO SVDNICY. 



part reaped ; a few ^cati^eiaed ^^hd$ aiifjliatdl 



file vrrdiirr f>f tlif yrmiig inai/.o spriug-ing up, 

 and tJic vi'llow flowers of the native Jibboug*,'' 

 (PiSf$^)j?a sy/. , ) \\ itli a few other flowering shrubs, 

 ^UmeU &bm% wm all that oheer^d the eye of 

 the tnw i'Ucv on [he jonrncy. I arrived a^^Syifliiey 

 on tliL' '2ud of Jan. ls;^:i. 



The houses by the road side, oii the approach 

 to Sydney from Liverpool, Cfif Bas^maild., are 

 very neat in their €onslrii!etioii> A Imkrk^i^tmt 

 the metroijolis" is daily becoming rai'er; they 

 an' sjuHtlily givinti- phice to neat and even 

 elegant verandali cottages. There are certainly 

 an abundance of public-houses in the colony, 

 and the nea^, eleaa «i.]gpe8tmiic^ei of the i^tendanl^^ 

 as well as the inteiiof itf the inns, may vie with 

 tliose in the mother-country. The signs of the 

 taverns assume every variety, all but that of 

 Temperance. 



1% has offeen been mentioned by wrfterst uptja 

 the ¥liiietl. Status of America, that a purefSSatd 

 more correct English is spoken in that country 

 than in iIr* " oh! country," where it is corrupted 

 by so many diU'erent provincial dialects. The 

 tmimk mpe^thtg the U»xt«^ Statics <^ AnteH<&a 

 will equally apply to Australia; for among 

 tlic nativt'-!i(mi Australians, (drscemled from 

 Enrojjean parents,) the Englisli sjKtken is vny 

 pure ; and it is easy to recogui/j' a person 



