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which is always stationed there, oh a 
rough calculation, at about twelve 
hundred souls. , 
WINDSOR. 
The town of Windsor, (or, as it was 
formerly called, the Green Hills,) is 
thirty-five miles distant from Sydney, 
and is situated near the confluence of the 
South Creek with the river Hawks- 
bury. It stands on a hill, whose ele¬ 
vation is about one hundred feet above 
the level of the river at low water. 
The buildings here are of much the 
same cast as at Parramatta, being in 
general weather boarded without, and 
lathed and plastered within. 
The bulk of the population is com¬ 
posed of settlers, who have farms in 
the neighbourhood, and of their ser¬ 
vants. There are besides a few infe¬ 
rior traders, publicans, arfd artificers, 
The town contains in the whole about 
six hundred souls. 
Following the windings of the river, 
the distance of Windsor from the sea is 
about one hundred and forty miles; 
whereas in a straight line it is not more 
than thirty-five. The rise of the tide 
is about four feet, and the water is 
fresh for forty miles below the town. 
LIVERPOOL. 
The town of Liverpool is situated on 
the banks of George’s river, at the dis¬ 
tance of eighteen miles from Sydney. 
It was founded by Governor Macquarie, 
and is now of about six years standing. 
Its population may amount to about 
two hundred souls, and is composed 
of a small detachment of military, of 
cultivators, and a few artificers, tra¬ 
ders, publicans, and labourers. 
SOCIETY. 
There are at present no public 
amusements in this colony. Many 
years since there was a theatre, and 
more latterly annual races; but it was 
found that the society was not suffi¬ 
ciently mature for such establishments. 
Dinner and supper parties are very 
frequent in Sydney; and it generally 
happens that a few subscription balls 
take place in the course of the year. 
Upon the whole it may be safely as¬ 
serted, that the natural disposition of 
the people to sociality has not only been 
in no wise impaired by their change of 
scene, but that all classes of the colo¬ 
nists are more hospitable than persons 
of similar means in this country. 
CLIMATE. 
The climate of the colony, particu¬ 
larly in the inland districts, is highly 
salubrious, although the heats in sum¬ 
mer are sometimes excessive, the ther¬ 
mometer frequently rising in the shade 
to ninety, and even to a hundred de¬ 
grees and upwards of Fahrenheit. 
This, however, happens only during 
the hot winds ; and these do not pre¬ 
vail upon an average, more than three 
or four days in the year. The mean 
heat during the three summer months, 
December, January, and February, is 
about 80° at noon. This, it must be 
admitted, is a degree of heat that 
would be highly oppressive to English¬ 
men, were it not that the sea breeze 
sets in regularly about nine o’clock in 
the morning, and blows with considera¬ 
ble force from the N.E. till about six 
or seven o’clock in the evening. It is 
succeeded during the night by the land 
breeze from the mountains, which 
varies from W.S.W. to W. In very 
hot days the sea breeze often veers 
round to the north and blows a gale. 
In this case it continues with great 
violence, frequently for a day or two, 
and is then succeeded not by the regu¬ 
lar land breeze, but by a cold southerly 
squall. The hot winds blow from the 
N.W. and doubtless imbibe their heat 
from the immense tract of country 
which they traverse. 
During these three months violent 
storms of thunder and lightning are 
very frequent, and the heavy falls of 
rain which take place on these occa¬ 
sions, tend considerably to refresh the 
country, of which the verdure in all but 
low moist situations entirely disap¬ 
pears. At this season the most un¬ 
pleasant part of the day is the interval 
which elapses between the cessation of 
the land breeze and the setting in of 
the sea. This happens generally be¬ 
tween six and eight o’clock in the 
morning, when the thermometer is 
upon an average at about 72». During 
this interval the sea is as smooth as 
glass, and not a zephyr is found to dis¬ 
port even among the topmost boughs of 
the loftiest trees. 
The three autumn months are March, 
April, and May. The weather in March 
is generally very unsettled. This month, 
in fact, may be considered the rainy 
season, and has been more fertile in 
floods than any other of the year. The 
thermometer varies during the day 
about 15* 1 , being at day-light as low as 
from 55° to 60°, and at noon as high 
as from 70o to 75°. The sea and land 
breezes at this time become very feeble, 
although they occasionally prevail dur¬ 
ing the whole year. The usual winds 
from 
