THE 
TASMANIAN JOURNAL 
OF 
NATURAL SCIENCE. 
JANUARY, 1847. 
Art. VII. Lectures on the Geology, Botany, Natural History, 
and Capabilities of the Country between Moreton Bay and 
Port Essington. By Dr. Leichardt. 
Lecture I. 
On my arrival in Sydney I published a short account of my 
journey to Port Essington, which contained, however, only a 
very superficial description of the country. There remained 
necessarily untouched several very interesting points, to which I 
should like to direct your attention, as they bear equally on 
physical geography in general, and on the practicability of 
colonization. 
If we examine the country according to the conformation of 
its surface, the nature of its soil and vegetation, its supply of 
water, and its meteorological relations, the whole line of route 
may be divided very naturally into about eight sections, each of 
which bears its peculiar character. Three belong to the East 
Coast, three to the Gulf of Carpentaria, and two to Arnheim’s 
Land, and the north-west coast of Australia. 
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