PERN PI??E, OF NEW SOUTH WALES, 
process is, that af imt-nersing the nuts in fresh- 
water for eight or nine days ; frequently turn- 
ing thein, and changing the water. 'The na- 
tives then deem them safe to eat;' and, on their 
being roasted, they are said to taste very miicli 
like roasted Chesnnts. 
It is remarked, by the friend ^o whom we. 
are indebted for these New South Wales com- 
munications, that the Fern Pines, as seen 
'growing, at intervals, for they are not re- 
markably plentiful, have a very pleasing ap- 
pearance ; and add, considerably, to the pic- 
turesque scenery, which so charms the Eu- 
ropean traveller, in his rides through the 
enchanting woods of this delightful country. 
