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MEANS OF INLAND TRANSPORT. 
of Bathurst, which are divided by the Macqua 
rie ; Goulburii Plains, through which the Wal- 
landilly flows ; and Yass Plains, which are water- 
ed by a river of the same name. The open fo- 
rests, through which the horseman may gallop 
in perfect safety, seem to prevail over the whole 
secondary ranges of granite, and are generally 
considered as excellent grazing tracts. Such is 
the country in Argyleshire on either side of the 
Lachlan, where that river crosses the great south- 
ern road near Mr. Hume’s station ; such also are 
many parts of Goulburn, and the whole extent of 
country lying between Underaliga and the Mo- 
rumbidgee River. The barren tracts, on the 
other hand, may be said to occupy the central 
spaces between all the principal streams. With 
regard to the proportion that these different 
kinds of country bear to each other, there can be 
no doubt of the undue preponderance of the last 
over the first two ; but there are nevertheless 
many extensive available tracts in every part of 
the colony. 
The greatest disadvantage under which New 
South Wales labours, is the want of means for 
conveying inland produce to the market, or to the 
