Farming implements are as cheap in Sydney as in England.
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On the subject of emigration, it is not my intention to dwell at any length.
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In this eventful period the colony of New South Wales is already far advanced.
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In a colony constituted like that of New South Wales, the proportion of crime must of course be great.
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We moved leisurely towards Mount Foster, on the 22nd, and arrived opposite to it a little before sunset.
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If we strike a line to the N.W. from Sydney to Wellington Valley, we shall find that little change takes place in the geological features of the country.
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The staple of our Australian colonies, but more particularly of New South Wales, the climate and the soil of which are peculiarly suited to its production, - is fine wool.
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The year 1826 was remarkable for the commencement of one of those fearful droughts to which we have reason to believe the climate of New South Wales is periodically subject.
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I had no inducement to proceed further into the interior. I had been sufficiently disappointed in the termination of this excursion, and the track before me was still less inviting.
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Mount Harris is of basaltic formation, but I could not observe any columnar regularity in it, although large blocks are exposed above the ground. The rock is extremely hard and sonorous.
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