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It lias been said that formerly it was dangerous 

 in England to inform a fellow-traveller of havinf^ 

 just arrived from Botany Bay, as he will soon 

 «hun your acquaintance ; but visitors from that 

 emm^tnii^ Ast the Iblbwlng anee^t^, Mm^ 

 a worse <^hattce in ihe celestial empire. A sMp 

 arrivin(r at China from Australia, the com- 

 mander, wlien asked )>y tlie Chinese wliere 

 the ship came from, jocosely answered, From 

 ^ew South WdeSi 'whm dil Eatgfek 

 are sent." The inhahitJSHfJS tB« «m^e^ 

 taking the joke seriously, reported this and every 

 other pliip which arrived from that country 

 to the mandarin as *'ship from thiefo country; 



tived with the late governor of Nev\^ South 

 Wales, it was — One thiefo viceroy of thiefo 

 country, with several thiefo attendants," The 



Md& -^mof'^ laufy taudijig tt Mneao, was mt 

 r^pf^i to the mattdar In. 



One afternoon, a party was formed for a fish- 

 ing excursion in Port Jaek^on : we took a seine 

 with US, and pulled out to a line bay or eove, 

 eaUed **.C!ltowd€rBay/' a picturesque little spot, 

 ind not ibr di^^t k ihM ^om t|j$ imih 



he<i<l at tlie entranee of Port 0a tlie 



aeine being hauled^ immense numbei^ of the 



