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the civil and military establishments requisite for the 
working their purgation. 
Bidding adieu to Port Arthur, we again crossed the 
tramway, again embarked at the head of Norfolk Bay, 
arriving, after a short and pleasant sail, at Cascade. 
This is an incipient probation station, commenced about 
six or seven weeks since, under the auspices of a couple 
of constables, and 25 (who have recently been augmented 
to 50) men. The same system is applicable to every 
station, with the exception that some are begun with 
only a few hands ; but whenever they attain their full 
complement, they are to be worked in the manner already 
shown. Cascade is a charming locality, embraces a 
very considerable area of the richest soil, abounds with 
the finest timber, and is admirably watered. The gang 
is at present occupied clearing roads, preparing for 
the erection of a pier, and in the construction of the 
necessary buildings for reception of a large accession of 
strength. Prom Cascade we coasted to Impression Bay, 
some five miles distant: this is a beautiful, more 
advanced, and fuller-manned (100 in the gang) station. 
Three months have sufficed to clear and cultivate a large 
space of ground, to erect a variety of buildings, to esta¬ 
blish a road of some extent, and nearly to complete a 
jetty. Mr. Armstrong, the superintendent, seemed to 
be an active officer: his men work well; and, in another 
twelve months, Impression Bay will have become a place 
of some importance. At this place Frost, the chartist, 
is at work : and having promised an acquaintance of 
mine and his, a man of fortune in England, who at one 
time had unhappily imbibed Chartist ideas, that I would 
if possible see Frost, I availed myself of the present oppor¬ 
tunity to have an interview. The only indulgence he at 
present enjoys is that of being permitted to sleep alone : 
he labours in common with the gang. He has been six 
or seven weeks at Impression Bay; having been removed 
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