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OF NEW SOUTH WALES. 597 The four large coloared plates were drawn hy John Eyre, and published Bihlio- in 1870. They have been recently reproduced in chromo-lithography, with graphy. letterpress description, 4to, pp. 6, and republished by William Dymock, 1 Sydney. [Edinburgh, litho'd] 1884. 1, 3. — View of Sydney, from the East side of the Cove, two plates. 2, 4. — Sydney, from the West side of the Cove, two plates. Anon: — Fragments for a Future History of Botany Bay, or New South Wales. 8vo., pp. xiii, 323. London, 1812. The essays and fragments collected in this volume were gathered together by a commercial gentleman, whose business relations brought him into connection with travellers, merchants, and ship- owners. The essays having reference to New South Wales are : — 1. Kemarks on reading in Phillip's Collection (June, 1810), a French Yoyage to New South Wales [on floods in the Hawkes- bury, &a]. 2. Present State of the Colony in New South Wales, related to me, February 14th, 1805, by the Rev. Mr. Marsden, the Chap- lain— pp. 180-186. 3. Copy of a letter, dated Sydney, May, 23, 1805, received October 10th, 1805 — half a year ! — from an officer's wife, Mrs. Hartley, to her sister in Beverley, Mrs. , pp. 186-188. This is the letter referred to by West, History of Tasmania, vol. i, p. 30, and by Bon wick, Port Phillip Settlement, p. 79. Much to Mrs. Hartley's regret, Lieutenant-Governor Collins settled his colony at the river Der- went, in Van Diemen's Land, in preference to Port Phillip. " My pen," she writes, " is not able to descnbe half the beauties of that delightful spot. Port Phillip is my favourite, and has my warmest wishes. During the time we were there (three months) I never felt one ache or pain, and 1 parted from it with more regret than I did from my native land." 4. Occurrences of the year 1798. September 14. A letter; pp. 188-191. 5. From a letter in 1796 or 7 ; p. 192. 6. From an officer, Captain Bertram, who passed two days on board a convict ship about 1800 ; pp. 193-196. 4 to., pp. vi, 99. London, 1811. Finkerton : — A General Collection of the Best and Most Inter- esting Voyages and Travels in all parts of the world. By John Pinkerton. Illustrated with plates. 4to., 12 vols. London, 1812. Volume xi contains Pelsart's Voyage to Australasia (from Cal- lander's translation of De Brosses), Tasman's Voyage (from Harris, vol. i, p. 325), Dampier^s Account of New Holland, Captain Cook's Voyages, and P^ron's Voyage. Phillip : — Biographical Memoir of Arthur Phillip, Esq., Vice- Admiral of the Red. With portrait. — Naval Chronicle, vol. xxii, pp. 1-9. London, 1812. Digitized by Google