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Some Account Of Botany Bay,

SOME ACCOUNT OF BOTANY BAY ,

Extracted from a Letter writ ten by a Native of Derby , in tbe Nev > South Wales Corps .

Sydney ( Port Jackson ) , Dec . 13 , 1794 . THE settlement on the coast of New South Wales contains two principal towns ; Sydney the capital , and Paramatta ( formerly named Rose Hill ) , distant about 17 miles . Sydney is situated at the head of a beautiful cove , which leads into a very fine harbour ; Major Grose has made great improvements : Sydney contains 700 good comfortable hutsexclusive of numerous brick buildingsthe property

, , of Government . The soil is ail sand }' , but by industiy will produce sufficiently ; most of the gentlemen have farms about four miles from Sydney , which have grown a good crop of wheat ; and I am of opinion that wheat will be plentiful in a few years : there are many settlers in different parts . The only or principal thing wanting is cattle , which might be kept

in any number , grass being in plenty : we have many pigs and goats , hut they are chiefly in the hands of gentlemen : poultry and fish are tolerably cheap ; but it must be remembered , that this is the most flourishing period the colony ever experienced . Spirits being now plentiful , a number of persons retail the same , but the price , as well as qualhy , vary much ; the gentlemen always purchase the cargoes "; and this watery mixture is sold at 16 s . petgallon . A convict was not ( until veiy lately ) suffered , on any

account , to take spirits in payment for work ; but now the prisoners have plenty of liquor . Liquor , or more properly grog , purchases what money will not , viz . settlers farms , or crops unripe , also their stock . Kangaroos formerly were plentiful , but now they are retired up the country ; the colony produces the most beautiful birds , opossums , & c . & c . The trees never entirely shed their leaves ; the summer is intensely hotand the winters are ver ) ' cold at nights and

, in the mornings , though the climate is much milder since I have been here , owing to the country being cleared ; the seasons here are exactly opposite to the seasons in England , your winter being our summer . Paramatta is a town situated at the extreme cove of Port Jackson ; on your ascending the wharf appears a row of huts on each side , and

a spacious road to the distance of a mile ; at the upper end Governor Philips erected his country seat . The garden that surrounds it is beautiful , abounding in the season with grapes , melons , pumpkins , and every other fruit and vegetable . The florist may also amuse himself . In short , the country may well be called Botany Bay ; for the botanist , I believe , may here find the most beautiful shrubs and evergreens that produce very fragrant flowers . The governor ' s

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LONDON: Article 1
TO OUR READERS, CORRESPONDENTS, &c. Article 2
PRICES OF BINDING PER VOLUME. Article 2
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THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE, OR GENERAL AND COMPLETE LIBRARY . Article 4
ON THE PRESENT STATE OF FREEMASONRY. Article 7
HISTORY OF MASONRY. Article 10
CHARACTER OF BERNARD GILPIN, Article 14
THE KHALIF AND HIS VISIER, AN ORIENTAL APOLOGUE. Article 18
ANECDOTES OF HENRI DUC DE MONTMORENCI. Article 20
EXTRAORDINARY INSTANCES OF GRATITUDE. Article 24
EXTRACTS FROM A CURIOUS MANUSCRIPT, CONTAINING DIRECTIONS FOR THE HOUSEHOLD OF HENRY VIII. Article 25
BON MOT. Article 27
THE STAGE. Article 28
CHARACTER OF LOUIS THE SIXTEENTH. Article 29
A THIEF RESCUED BY AN ELEPHANT. AN AUTHENTIC ANECDOTE. Article 31
ANECDOTES OF THE LIFE OF THEODORE, KING OF CORSICA*. Article 32
ORIGIN OF ST. JAMES'S PALACE. Article 33
THE UNION OF LOVE TO GOD AND LOVE TO MAN, A SERMON, Preached in St. Andrew's Church, New Town, Edinburgh, Article 34
ACCOUNT OF AN EXTRAORDINARY NATURAL GENIUS, Article 42
PHYSIOGNOMICAL SKETCHES. Article 47
CURIOUS METHOD OF PROTECTING CORN. Article 50
ON COMPASSION. Article 50
ON MODESTY, AS A MASCULINE VIRTUE. Article 53
SOME ACCOUNT OF BOTANY BAY, Article 55
TO THE EDITOR OF THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE . Article 56
TO THE EDITOR OF THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE. Article 58
ON POVERTY. Article 60
DISSERTATIONS ON THE POLITE ARTS. Article 61
POETRY. Article 64
THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE, A SKETCH. Article 67
TO INDUSTRY. Article 67
WRITTEN IN MEMORY OF MY FATHER, Article 68
PORTRAIT OF AN HYPOCRITE. Article 68
MASONIC INTELLIGENCE. Article 69
MONTHLY CHRONICLE. Article 69
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Some Account Of Botany Bay,

SOME ACCOUNT OF BOTANY BAY ,

Extracted from a Letter writ ten by a Native of Derby , in tbe Nev > South Wales Corps .

Sydney ( Port Jackson ) , Dec . 13 , 1794 . THE settlement on the coast of New South Wales contains two principal towns ; Sydney the capital , and Paramatta ( formerly named Rose Hill ) , distant about 17 miles . Sydney is situated at the head of a beautiful cove , which leads into a very fine harbour ; Major Grose has made great improvements : Sydney contains 700 good comfortable hutsexclusive of numerous brick buildingsthe property

, , of Government . The soil is ail sand }' , but by industiy will produce sufficiently ; most of the gentlemen have farms about four miles from Sydney , which have grown a good crop of wheat ; and I am of opinion that wheat will be plentiful in a few years : there are many settlers in different parts . The only or principal thing wanting is cattle , which might be kept

in any number , grass being in plenty : we have many pigs and goats , hut they are chiefly in the hands of gentlemen : poultry and fish are tolerably cheap ; but it must be remembered , that this is the most flourishing period the colony ever experienced . Spirits being now plentiful , a number of persons retail the same , but the price , as well as qualhy , vary much ; the gentlemen always purchase the cargoes "; and this watery mixture is sold at 16 s . petgallon . A convict was not ( until veiy lately ) suffered , on any

account , to take spirits in payment for work ; but now the prisoners have plenty of liquor . Liquor , or more properly grog , purchases what money will not , viz . settlers farms , or crops unripe , also their stock . Kangaroos formerly were plentiful , but now they are retired up the country ; the colony produces the most beautiful birds , opossums , & c . & c . The trees never entirely shed their leaves ; the summer is intensely hotand the winters are ver ) ' cold at nights and

, in the mornings , though the climate is much milder since I have been here , owing to the country being cleared ; the seasons here are exactly opposite to the seasons in England , your winter being our summer . Paramatta is a town situated at the extreme cove of Port Jackson ; on your ascending the wharf appears a row of huts on each side , and

a spacious road to the distance of a mile ; at the upper end Governor Philips erected his country seat . The garden that surrounds it is beautiful , abounding in the season with grapes , melons , pumpkins , and every other fruit and vegetable . The florist may also amuse himself . In short , the country may well be called Botany Bay ; for the botanist , I believe , may here find the most beautiful shrubs and evergreens that produce very fragrant flowers . The governor ' s

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