Xlvi COUNTY OF CUMBERLAND. 
cumulated, or valleys, into which it has been 
washed, that are well adapted for the usual 
purposes of agriculture, and would, if the coun- 
try was more generally cleared, be found to exist 
to a much greater extent than is at present 
imagined. I have frequently observed these 
isolated patches of better land, when wandering 
through the woods, both on the Paramatta River, 
and at a greater distance from the coast. And I 
cannot but think, that it would be highly ad- 
vantageous to those who possess large properties 
in the County of Cumberland to let portions of 
them. The concentration of people round their 
capital, promotes more than anything else the 
prosperity of a colony, by creating a reciprocal 
demand for the produce both of the country and 
the town, since the one would necessarily sti- 
mulate the energy of the farmer, as the other 
would rouse the enterprise of the merchant. 
The consideration, however, of such a subject 
is foreign to my present purpose. 
It must not be supposed, that because I have 
given a somewhat particular description of the 
County of Cumberland, I have done so with a 
view to bring it forward as a specimen of the 
