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The Sy<li}ry j)f)lirr' nffin- daily produces a 

 straiig-e coiupcjuiid of rharactc r* ; ludicrous f5Ccno>* 

 and incidents furnish abundance of alimeiit for 

 tli« iiewspapers, whflr decotatft iftaof rftiSte c^es 



niaiifior as to amuse their rea^d^^nd sell the 

 papers. The number of newspapers puldi^^b^'d 

 in Sydney is very great, considering tlxe small 

 toum^ many tfe^ are well aiid ably con* 

 jduct^d. m Sydney Scaraid" k pubKated 

 twice a week ; the " vSydoey Gazette" tliree 

 times; tlie" Sydney Monitor" twice ; and there 

 are other smaller papers pubikhed weekly, 



h% Parama^ I mm Wo tme specimetid of tie 

 lesB^ m Bo^laisiij ^'^ Curlew** of the 

 colony, which is abundant in this countrj' ; 

 they were familiar with the man wlio was in the 

 habit of feeding them, Imt averse to approacJi 

 strangers. It is pi incipally during tike '«tiUlii€a9- 

 of night that ibe p^coliar iti^aitdh($ty cary imd 

 whistle of thfse birds are heaiil. seeming like 

 the harbin«i;'er of tleatli. Whih- -ittino" one nio-ht 

 by the bed-side of a young inan, expiriu^i- from 



It #^tiB| I heard the iiot^ ^if tibu^ Hti^ unbrofem 

 hf aiiSr ottet mM i it <jiaSEte ts^nas^ ^eaxm 

 like a knell summoning the departiiilg spirit to 

 its last long home.* 



* There is also at Batavia a bird which omits a melancholy 



