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to li on nmmxtt <& isfi^si {irtijeetiitf in fire 

 poill!|$ ^om% the fruit The gardt- us arc laid out 

 in very neat, order, and Mr. Ricliard Cunning- 

 ham having arrived from England with an ap- 

 pointment as colonial botanist, it may be hoped 



lony will mm have a ^^Bctw/Aa Q0im%*' in lieu 



of a repository for turnip? and carr(»t^i. 



Tlie aborio'ines are often seen about Sv(bicv ; 



c . .. 



but to me they appear, probably from their 

 Yieioud hM% ft &r wdfse^ookiiig tBs^ than 

 those t h«d seen in the interior. The celebrated 

 King Bnngaree had recently ended his mortal 

 career, as well as most of his tribe, iiniie of tlieni 

 ever having been induced to settle and cultivate 

 the$oilibirl(d!ii!i^^ It]st^a£ed«tfaatlb.the 

 time of govdbemi^t o£ -Ge&ml Macquaire 

 there was an attempt made, by distributing seeds 

 among them, to induce tlie natives to cultivate 

 tlie ground : among the packets of seed sent for 

 (listintniiioE mm irMoh ^tmtciiiied fish^ 



by the governor to the sable monarch, King 

 Bungarec. Some tiuie after tbe governor in- 

 quired of iiini whether tJie seeds had yet come up 

 Oh beiay well, berry well," exclaimed Bm- 

 gare^ ** ikQ tmke^ mane itphiiiirf ^sampt 4m 

 llsh-hooks, them no come up yet/^ 



