Jvi TEMPERATURE OF THE CLIMATE. 
The instrument in the winter months ranges 
from 27" to 98", with a mean of 66". However 
great the summer heat may appear, it is certain 
that the climate of New South Wales has not 
the relaxing and enfeebling effect upon the 
constitution, which renders a residence in India 
or other parts of the south so intolerable. 
Neither are any of the ordinary occupations of 
business or of pleasure laid aside at noon, or 
during the hottest part of the day. The tra- 
veller may cast himself at length under the first 
tree that invites him, and repose there as safely 
as if he were in a palace. Fearless of damps, 
and unmolested by noxious insects, his sleep is 
as sound as it is refreshing, and he rises with 
renewed spirits to pursue his journey. Equally 
so may the ploughman or the labourer seek re- 
pose beside his team, and allow them to gra^e 
quietly round him. The delicious coolness of 
the morning and the mild temperature of the 
evening air, in that luxurious climate, are beyond 
the power of description. It appears to have 
an influence on the very animals, the horses and 
and cattle being particularly docile ; and 1 can- 
not but think it has in some degree the same 
