FRUITS. 
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happy effect upon some of the hardened human 
beings who are sent thither from the old world. 
As I have before observed, it has not yet been 
discovered whether there are any indigenous 
fruits of any value in Australia. In the colony 
of New South Wales there certainly are none; 
yet the climate is peculiarly adapted for the 
growth of every European and of many tropical 
productions. The orange, the fig, the citron, the 
pomegranate, the peach, the apple, the guava, 
the nectarine, the pear, and the loquette, grow 
side by side together. The plantain throws its 
broad leaves over the water, the vine encircles 
the cottages, and the market of Sydney is abun- 
dantly supplied with every culinary vegetable. 
In a climate, therefore, so soft that man 
scarcely requires a dwelling, and so enchanting 
that few have left it but with regret, the spirits 
must necessarily be acted upon, — and the heart 
feel lighter. Such, indeed, I have myself found 
to be the case ; nor have I ever been happier 
that when roving through the woods or wander- 
ing along one of the silent and beautiful bays 
for which the harbour of Port Jackson is so 
celebrated, I went to New South Wales as 
I have already remarked, highly prejudiced 
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