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insipid ,* but tlie best leaves a eligbt sensation o\' 

 acrimony in tlir tliroat nfter it is swalluwt d. It 

 is thick, viscid, trauspareut, and culoialc.>>.s, or 

 of a pale f tjRaw mlorxr ; that which is obtstin^ 

 hj coctmn hm a browtiialL Jine i tad hoth hhiis^ 

 wbcn they Lcconic ra»^, iMt^lDea, deepen in 

 colour to reddish Ivrowii, and aeqnirr a lint, 

 nauseous taste. It has all the chemical charac- 

 ters of tbt i^hei expressed oils, except that it is 

 heavi^, a^d b soluble in alcohol, and also 

 in sulphuric efter.* 



Few di^icascs can be said to be produced by tfie 

 climate of Australia : (b^sipation and numerous 

 vices introduced from liome have caused some 

 to pmv&il e3ct@i3sively m the populous town of 

 Sydney, but in the interior th^ are com- 

 paratively few. A number of perstnis jH-risli 

 from tliat i'atal diseasi^ eonsuiuption ; biu 1 do 

 not regard it as produced by the climate, as it 

 itnramhly attaeks pefso!ttt iBpom England, of dis- 

 sipated haMls^ or of mplofymenta uncongenial 

 to health . Th(^ vice of intemperance prevails cx- 

 tensivcly, ami renders tlir bills of" nn)rtality murfi 

 greater than could Ijc supposed from the popu- 

 lation and acknowledged salahptj of tjieistlmnte. 



New Ze?il^dei?i m& mw mphfed at Sydiiiey 

 as labourers, and are much esteemed for their 



