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SCIENTIFIC INVESTIGATIONS IN AUSTRALIA,
TASMANIA, AND NEW ZEALAND.
WE extract the following; from Sir Roderick T.
Murchison's address, delivered at the recent anni-
versary meeting of the Royal Geographical So-
ciety of London :-
Journey from Moreton Bay to South Australia.
--The recent' accessions to our knowledge re-
specting the interior of Australia have been large.
Our medallist, Mr. Augustus Gregory,'has per-
formed a most remarkable inland journey from
Moreton Bay, in which, though - unsuccessful in
discovering any relics of Leichhardt and his party
(the first object of the expedition), he was enabled
to define the nature of the interior of the conti-
nent from N.E. to S.W., and to reach Adelaide,
in South Australia. Taking a north-westerly
course to the W.N.W. ; and N.W., he at first,
found abundance of green grass, though he fears
that in seasons of drought few of the waterholes
even at a moderate distance from the colony of
Moreton Bay," recently named " Queensland,"
are permanent. Tabular sandstone ridges, basal-
tic peaks, or finely timbered valleys, succeed ;
but on passing from the river Nare to the N.N.W.,
it was found that the' drought had been of such
long continuance, that the whole of the vegetable
surface had been swept away by the wind, leaving
the country an absolute desert ; a few widely
scattered tufts of grass being the only, food dis-
coverable for the support of the horses. When
on the route to the N.W., which it is known that
Leichhardt had intended to follow, Gregory found
that high floods had obliterated all tracks of pre-
vious explorers, and that the very , districts de-
scribed by Mitchell as covered by a rich vegeta-
tion were parched and, barren clays. In latitude
24 deg. 55 min., longitude 14G deg. 6 min., a
tree was, however, discovered, on which the letter
L was cut, indicating very probably that Leich-
hardt had encamped there.
Continuing the search towards the north-west,
Gregory then encountered tremendously heavy
rains, and was entangled among numerous and
deep channels and boggy gullies, from which the
party was only extricated by extraordinary exer-
tions. Such are the frightful vicissitudes abound-
ing in this low region of alternate flood and
drought which separates the fertile hilly country
of the east coast from the great interior saline
desert. In this region they met with occasional
small parties of natives, who, as usual, were shy
and treacherous, but easily intimidated. Despite of
all impediments and much privation the adventurers
pushed on up Thompson River, through a deso-
late and arid, red-coloured, sandy - country, until
they reached latitude 23 deg. 47 m n. , when the
total cessation of water and grass put an end to
all efforts to penetrate further to the north-west.
Compelled most unwillingly to abandon - the
principal object of their travels, by continuing to
follow the route probably taken by Leichhardt,
Gregory and his companions then turned to the
south-west, and ascertained the nature of the
country between his remote position and Ken-
nedy's farthest explorations, proceeding through
more southern latitudes to reach the settled country
of South Australia. The vicissitudes and priva-
tions experienced in this route to the south-east
are, succinctly related; and the outlines of
ground, whether stoney desert, plains' with low
ridges of red drift-sand, or sand-stone table-lands;
are well defined. -, Advancing ; by Cooper Creek,
and that, branch of it named by Sturt Strzelecki
Creek, the travellers finally reached Adelaide.
Respecting the fate of Leichhardt, Mr. A.
Gregory thinks it probable that the adventurous
traveller, advancing from the Victoria, was lured
on to the north-west by favouring thunder-showers,
until, on the cessation of the rains, he wàs arrested in
the parched and waterless tract, and, unable to
advance or retreat, he perished in the wilderness.
Gregory also informs us, that west of the meri-
dian of 147 deg. E. longitude' most of the country
is unfit for occupation, until the boundary of the
colony of South-Australia, or 141 dog.-E. longi-
tude, is reached in more southern parallels.
Our medallist is, indeed, well borne out in
saying that the results of his expedition are most
important with reference to the physical geogra-
phy of Australia ; for when combined with the
researches of Sturt, they seem to demonstrate
that, whether as examined from the, north-east or
south, a very large portion; indeed of the inte-(
rior is a worthless saline desert, very little above
the level of the sea.
Explorations westward and north-westward
from South Australia. Whilst the last journey
of Augustus Gregory has served to confirm the
view established by the researches of Sturt, that
a vast interior and sterile low region lies to the
north of South Australia, and extends to the
higher lands which form the western limits of New
South Wales, on the east, and to the elevations
south of Cambridge Gulf on the north, the sur-
veys set on, foot at Adelaide have demonstrated
that a vast tract-of well-watered arid fertile lands
exist to the north-west of that colony.
The efforts of Mr. Herschel Babbage,, to
which I, last year directed your attention, ¡wore
for some time unsuccessful, owing to tho.Ju-'
tensely saline condition of the country through
which he had to pass, and tho difficulty'of , trans-1
porting the apparatus he had ingeniously con-1
trivod for the conversion of salt water into, fresh.
As soon, however, ns the heavy teams and drays
were dispensed with, and, that, joined by Mr.,C.
Gregory; riding und paok horseß were substituted,
this explorer showed how capable he waa pf de-
fining with precision a considerable portion of
new country in which fresh water was reached.
Fixing with accuracy the latitude and longitude
of soveral points, he proved tho existence of dry
lapd botween tho masses of water whioh ltád been
previously united'upon our maps under tho .naroo
of Lake TorrenB, whilo he defined their outlines,
distinguishing tho northernmost of them by the.
name of Lake Gregory.
Various other documents and sketch-maps
relating to South Australia, which have been for-
warded to tho Sooioty .of her Majesty's Colonial
Secretary, demonstrate what, vigorous exertions
havo boori made by other oxplorora., Thus Major
Warburton defined large tracts ol country north
of the Gawler Rangos-f. a., between Streaky
Bay on tho south-west and tho salino oonnfry
occupied hy Lnko Gairdner sud its ¡adjacent
lagoons. Tho larger part pf this country j Beoms
to ho inoapabla of supporting colonists, from tho
want of ircsh water, and its prevalent , saline eba-,
radier.. This activo officer also shows that in
many parts tile saline condition of the ¡surface of
the country is duo to the exÎRtehçe pf, «tüiferoua
.rocka beneath, being in tb!» respect analogous tc
the saline steppes of Rassis. Políoe-troopei
¡Geharty, in a separate tour, proved thc extension
of lands equally sterile with tbose explored bj
.'Major Warburton, which was to be expected, ai
the tract lies contiguous to the sterile coast rang«
pf Eyre. To tho east of Lakes Torrens anc
.Gregory the explorations of Mr. Samuel Parrj
and Corporal Burt aro worthy of notice; th«
fi rmer Laving determined several points of loti
tude and longitude, and having given us informa
tion respecting the naturo of the rocks' which
occupy the region intermediate between Lake
Torrens and Angepena, near the settled parts ol
the colony. 1
In the meantime, "whilst Mr. Babbage was
occupied with his earlier difficulties, and other
explorers-were determining, the . real condition ol
the 'saline'tracts'; lying between 32 deg. 30 min.
and 31 dog.'of latitude, an. unaided colonist, Air,
M'Dougall .Stuart, a former companion of. Sturt,
passed rapidly beyond ? all .. these saline tracts, and
discovered a large,( well-watered, arid moro ele-
vated region to. the north-west. As soon as be
ascertained the existence of a permanent supply
of fresh water at Andámóka, in south latitade
SO}" deg.,1 and had thus secured a retreat; be
dashed on to the nortli and. north-west, and soon
fell in with, numorousl gum-creeks,"containing
streams which flowed: from hills ranging from
south-east tb north-west, and further ascertained
that large portions of this región were well grassed
and admirably adapted for settlement,
j. The'-Govêrnor of South, Australia, Sir R. G.
Macdonnell,. ;States. that, tho. ; extent . of . this
newly-discovered available: land amounts to
from 1200"to" 1800 square miles, 'and, has
rightly named the principal waterparting
Stuart Range." His Excellency then.adds.that
the House pf Assembly of South' Australia had
presented an.address to him, requesting,that
the necessary' steps should, be taken' for
granting Mr. Stuart a 14 years' lease of 1500
square mile's bf the new country.
When 4we look, to the fact that this explorer
had, in tho first instance, to get through the
southern saline deserts between the sea and
those interior lands--that he was accompanied
by one white man, Foster, and a black man
only, and that his compass and watch were his
only instruments, we cannot too highly
.applaud his success ; and the Council of this
society has, therefore, well judged in awarding
to him a gold watch, in honour of such highly
valuable discoveries. " ',; /,
Not only did Mr. M'Dougall Stuart define
tho northern portion of this . now. and fertile
region, but before he returned, by a most
daring and perilous route to the coast on a
meridian far to the west of his line of advance,
he also ascertained the southern limit of all the
available land. " '
: Nothing which I have read of in Australian
travel more strikingly displays the bold and un-
daunted spirit, of adventure, than when Mr.
Stuart had reached the southern limit of the
fresh-watered country, and ascended a hill near
Mount Espy to look southward bvor tho country
between him and the sea, he descried nothing
but a vast saline desert, through which (his
provisions being almost exhausted) he must
pass. Nothing daunted by that dismal prospect,
or the great privations ho. would have to suffer,
he regained the seashore, and travelling
along it, once» more . found himself on
fie threshold . of,. colonisation. From the
7th of August, when be entered on this
desert country; he and his companion. Foster
had to suffer from hunger and thirst during a
'fortnight, before they reached the. settlement of
iMr..Gibson, in Streaky Bay. ,. There,.both the
explorers nearly, died, in consequence of the
sudden changé "from a state of want to good
diet. Recovering, however, they, reached tho
regularly settled districts of the colony, and
were hailed with acclamation in Adelaide. .
Now, had the bravo M'Dougall Stuart
perished like Leichhardt in this last dreadful
march to the seaboard, all notion of a well
watered rich interior country on tho north-west
might have been- for ages unknown,1 arid, his
success being, ignored; his ' Tate would "have
checked all further enterprise in that direction.
r Whilst it is pleasing to reflect on this happy
result, it is also well to; know, that the newly
discovered fertile lands may be approached
from! the settled arid central portions of
.tho colony without touching upon- any
part -' of the sterile salino ? coast-trade.
For,- as above said, it has been ascer-
tained that the Laka Torrens pf earlier
days- is . divided into'at'least two'bodies of
water, and that the mass of land dividing them,
which has since been . traversed, may servo as
the line pf route to Stuart Range. ' ..''.'
Through the "researches of. tho Government
Surveyor, Mr. Samuel Parry, and of Corporal
Burt, as well as by a return journey of Major
Warburton, it has also been'ascertained that
practicable" routes ox'tst from Angopens, on the
north-west of tho settled country of Adelaide,
to the region of Lake Torrens, by which (there
being a sufficiency pf water-holes) a communi-
cation may, it is hoped, be maintained between
the settled districts and the new country.
!, ¡At the.same time, this discovery of the local
;waterpartirig of Stuart Rungo must not be sup-
posed to clnsh with the clear determinätionsof
Sturt, that the great mass of the continent
directly to the north of Victoria and South Aus-
tralia is a vast saline depression. In fact, tho
fresh waters descend from the Stuart Rango on
I the north-east into that great sterile depression,
arid are there.absorbed, pr evaporated. As far,
therefore, as our present knowledge goes, we
learn that the hilly grounds of Stuart Range,
extending from south-east ta north-west, con-
stitute a none of no groat width, which pours
off its waters both to tho north-east and south-
west into lower and salino deserts. '
-, Navigation of ( the Murray, Murrumbidgee,
clo.-Whilst such haye boen tho discoveries of
travellers overland, an object of paramount im-
portance to Australia has been accomplished
.bywater., The opening of the River Murray
to navigation was first accomplished by Captain
Franois Cadell, in 1858, as narrated by that
enterprising seaman in a lotter published in
Volume XXV. of pur Journal. Steadily per-
severing, with augmented, resources and
additional steamers, tho same individual and
other parties have been recently plying on this
river, from its mouth, hear Adelaide, In South
Australia, to Albury, a distance of nearly 1800
milos. The channel of tho Wakool
ha's also been tested for CD miles,
and Captain Cadell has passed up the Mur-
rumbidgee in a steamboat TOF 800 miles)
Thus a region" in which six years ngo~no ,inter-
nal traffic "existed, has boon oponed out to
water carriage . over; a distance of 9,060 miles,
it being estimated, that 1,150 ralles more 'may
eventually be accomplished in tho RIvors
Wakool, Edward, and Darling. Tho Murray
and Murrumbidgee.' aro now;; ascertained to be
. navigable from May to the end of December in
every year, and for tho whole twelve months in
those years ' whon ' more than tho average
.mount of snow-«pdt rain falls in the Al|
country in which ? they lake: their rise. - .'
Parting, not having its sources1 inmounti
bf such altitude, canpot be similarly recko
upon, though, probablylit might also bo :
dered navigable in ordinary seasons if the c
,timber,"which "at present encumbers it, v
.removed. Referring my readers to
clear and; searching Report of a; C
mittee - on ; the . navigation of
Murray and its affluents, printed by orrie]
the Legislative Assembly of New South Wi
(October 29,1858), as signed by its chairm
that good, explorer, Mr. George Macleay,
brought to my notice by my.friend:Mr. Stt
Donaldson, also; one of the committee, ii
enough forme to cull from that able docum
the astounding fact,'that SO towns, some
them of considerable size-such as Albi
Deniliquin, .Gundagai, Tumut, and Wa
Wagga, hayo been , called into existence;!
that : seven more are about, to be proclaim
Already 71,000. acres of land in this vicii
have, been sold; and if, by Artesian boris
fresh water should be obtained in the vast s
bush countries yet unoccupied, prodigious
ditional quantities, of sheep, and cattle may
supported; in the adjacent regions. .
! Descendirigifrorri: the lofty 'Australian A
of Strzelecki. (Mount Kosciusko)/ the Mun
' traverses tracts, some of which,, as well as p
tions of the basin of the Murrumbidgee, hi
been ascertained by my friend the Rev. J.
Clarke;? to be. highly auriferous,: and
other. . respects, "also - metalliferous, 0
I of ^ tho r, gold - tracts, Adeloi
I has indeed ? already been; reached within;
miles by one of the steamers. When we ct
sider that this internal water-carriage is airea
very serviceable for a vast distance to t
colony of South Australia, in which the Murr
debouches ; that higher-up the same stream
contiguous to the rich gold-bearing and rapid
rising tracts of the northern parts of Victor
aud that, out of the 1800 miles now proved
be navigable;. 1300 lie within the territory
New South Wales, we must rejoice in the refit
tion that British, industry and science ha
brought into activity a line of intercourse ai
traffic'/which must for over unite in mutu
interest the three largest of our Australii
colonies.
Again requesting you . to consult the we
considered and effective report of tho cot
mittee appointed' by the Legislative Assemb
of New South Wales, for the large at
statesmanlike views which it. embodic
I also "specially commend to your nott
the' clear descriptions . given _ in it fl
various colonists of the physical cone
tion of the interior, the peculiarities an
changes of the rivers, and the very ingeniot
and effective method employed' by Captai
Cadell of clearing away thoso masses of dri
timber which formerly impeded navigatioi
Considerable additional expenditure will, indee
be required to. complete this grand operation i
extracting the snogs;" but, looking to tl
spirit with which the Murray has been ciearc
for 700 miles, there can be little doubt of ti
ultimate result, and that in a few years, to us
the words of the Committee, " tho cheap tram
mission of the comforts and conveniences her
toforo unattainable will give a fixed. and civ
Used character to the society of vast paston
districts, which has up to the present time bee
comparatively rude and nomadic."
New Zealand.-Among the good results <
the scientific voyage round the world of tb
Austrian .frigate.Novara, under the command <
Commodore Willenstorf, we have now befoi
us a report of Dr. Hochstetter, the geologist <
the party, on the coal of Now, Zealand. Alfhoug
this coal is of the tertiary age, as, seen in til
districts bf Pâpakura' and Drury, in the prc
vince of Auckland, it is stated to be abundan
and of such good quality as to be of great- in
por lance both for «team'havigation and manu
facturing purposes. /
As all the geologfcal details will' be lal
before the .Imperial. and . .Royal Geographica
Institute of Austria by my accomplished frioni
Dr. Hochstetter, as soon as the men of scienc
reach thoir native land, I rejoiced when I bean
that the Emperor Louis Napoleon had givei
orders that the vessel freighted with such larg
collections and so much knowledge should no
be interfered with by any French cruisers ot
her way home. I formerly spoke of my antioi
nations of the successful issue of this scientifi
voyage, and having:recommended these Aus
trian explorers to the good will of Sir. W. Deni
son, the Governor-General of East Australia, i
was most satisfactory to learn that his Excel
lency had been enabled to assist , them ma
terially ; whilst on their own part they h a vi
well repaid the kindness shown to them, bj
giving us the first reliable sketch which haï
been senthome of the true nature of the coa
formations of New Zealand.
'Tasmania.-Hitherto we have not yot beer
mad c.sufficiently acquainted with the physical
geography and natural history ' of this large
colony. In former years, my valued friend the
lato Sir John Franklin, when Governor, strove
hard to set on foot various, scientific inquiries,
and of late years'.,the ; Tasmanian , Society has
published - some good memoirs on various
scientific subjects. . Recently, however, the
local Government, having resolved to have the
wholo island correctly surveyed by a competent
geologist, her Majesty's Secretary of tho Colo-
nies applied to me to recommend a propor per-
son, and Mr. Charles Gould, formerly a dis-
tinguished student of the Government School
of Mines, has, in consequence, been appointed
geological . surveyor of this important
and little-cxplpred , region. Whotbor -we
look to tho correct delineation of
the coal deposits which are already known
to exist, there, to , the discovery of gold, or
to the general, advancement of scionce, I feel
certain that the researches of Mr. G. Gould
(son.of the eminent ornithologist) will prove of
signal valuo to tho colony, and be well appre-
ciated in tho mother-country.
" General Observations on the Australian Coto
nies.-A project foi* thei establishment of a sys-
tem of observation' in various .brandies of
natural history sciences throughout tho British
colonies, and of publishing tho samo, has been
transmitted by the,,enlightened- Governor
General of Now Souih Walosjo her Majesty's
Socrotary for tho Colonies, who has submitted
the plan to the consideration of the Council of
this Sooiety.
Being much Impressed with tho value of the
publications on the structure and natural his-
tory of the several States of North Amorien,
and particularly by a work In £2 volumes oh
the' State of Chile, of which 10 aro devoted to
the zoology and botany of that country (tho
portion on goology hoing still in progross), Slr
William Donison has suggested that works.on
a similar plan, descriptivo of tho natural history
of tho British colonial omplre, should ho sot
on foot. . .; ... : :
I Agreeing with Sir W. Deniaon that such an un
dertaking ís well worthy of the nation whose
offshoots Lave taken; root so;- extensively, I, trust
|hat due encouragement will be given to the pro-
posal and that it may not be checked by the
difficulties which nt first sight present themselves
in bringing it into an effective working state. Sir
William feels certain that the different colonies if
called upon, would gladIy_contribute largely 'to
tho work, whilst he looks to the Imperirl Govern-
ment to take upon itself the task of arranging,
and publishing those contributions upon one an?
form system. . . , ' ;.
The practicability of realising some such plan L
as this for our, Australian colonies is illustrated in ?
part by the medo; of, pnhlieation proposed of the ;
'geological surveyi of Trinidad and oilier West .
India Islands, to which I have alluded. Works
like these, the cost of which is to be divided be-
tween the colony and* the mother country, muBfc
tend to unite by close» bonds all parts of oar em-
pire. The practical difficulties will lier first ir»
the selection of person» competent to; oxéente titer
task, and, next, to organise such a homo Btaff as
may efficiently carry the publications through the
press. \ ' ? '
In reference to Australia, it may indeed be
said that parts of the scheme of Sir W. Denison
are already advanced. Thus, it is certain that
there are few animals or plants of New South ;
Wales whieh are not known to the eminent
naturalists Mr. W. Macleay and Dr. John Bea-,
nett, who reside at Sydney ; whilst the geology
of large tracts has been accurately laid down
since those days when Strzelecki first opened
out to us its structure, by Clarke, Jukes, Stuch
bury, and others.
Again, from Victoria, now under the enlight
ened auspices of Sir H. Barkly, we are con-
stantly receiving proofs of the zeal and ability
with which Mr. A. Selwyn is describing and'
laying down accurately upon maps the geolo-
gical features of that rich auriferous'
region; whilst Dr. Mueller, on whoso
shoulders as an Australian botanist has'
fallen the mantle of Robert 'Brown,.'
is continually issuing new works on the plants
of the continent, whether those which he col-
lected in tropical or northern Australia, when
he was the companion of Gregory, or those of
Victoria.
Those, then, are excellent materials, ready ta>
be UBcd in the. publication of the Opus Mag-
num of our colonial ompiro which is projected
by Sir W. Denison. Let us hope, therefore,
that the old country may willingly respond to>
this demand for knowledge made by her chil-
dren in the colonies. Let us follow the ad-
mirable example in this respect set to us by
our kinsmen in the United States, as well as
by our fellow countrymen in Canada, whera
the publications on geography and geology
havo already demonstrated how much c n be*
done by the hearty good will of the si e£.l
States of the American Union, and by ona
great colony of the British empire.
Before, however, I quit the consideration of
Australia and the adjacent lands, let me re-
mind you of tho endeavour which I made, as.
early as the year 18-14 (soo Address, vol. xiv.,
p. xe vii.), to rouse the attention of tho public
to tho necessity of keeping up the establish-
ment we then possessed at Fort Essington, '
whether as a port of refuge for our merchant-
men in peace, or as a roadstead during war, in -
which a fleet could assemble, to protect the
northern and .eastern coasts of this vast conti-
nent. In the absence of such, it was, clear that .
an enemy might sweep the eastern archi-
pelago on" the one side,, or attack the slightly
protected colony of New South Wales on tha
other. i '
In the meantime,'although we have long ago
abandoned the solitary station of Kort Essing-
ton on the north coast of Australia--contrary
to; the entreaty of that excellent naval officer,
the late Sir Gordon Bremer, ' and his associates
now living, Captains Stokes and Drury, as well
as in tho face of a protest, on the part of this
Society, not only has no substituto for it been
obtained by occupying Capo Jfork; or .any other
station, but we seem to have been heedless of
tho efforts made in the interim by tho French,
to establish other-ports in these seas, and to
fill them with a naval force. Thus, whilst the,
picture of New Caledonia, as discovered by
Captain Cook, still hangs in the rooms of the
First Lord of our Admiralty, that great island
has been taken possession of by the ?
French, and is . now. their " Nowell
Caledonie." Now,' if our allies (and may.
they long continue such) were morely oooup ing .
theso islands for purposes of trade and commerce',
little notico might be taken of the event ; but
whoa it is known that they possess in those seas
and bays a much larger force of ships Vf war
than Britain, the prospect is, I am bound to say,
most unsatisfactory ' as regards the Ung un-
defended coast-line of Eastern and Southern
Australia. /
In vain has your old President insistid on this
point for many years, in virtue of the advice of
naval officers of experience in those sets, on whose
opinion he could rely ; but he trusts that a suffi-
cient naval protection of Australian-no less than
of the British isleß-will now seriously occupy
the attention of tho Government, the Parliament«
and the country. . / v
Mns. FAnTiKQTOK PAMIOTIO.-" Jlnrra I" said Ike, as
Iis road the faat in the newspapers, " Doro's O-rogon
admitted to lbs Union." " A furrln»r,I Hbou d judge," ra
marked Mrs. Partington, looking very wisely at the steam
that rose from the toa-oaps and formed in one oloud near
tbeoeiling, "but I'm filad th«y've let him ooma into
enjoy our polltloal rights and letts and other peroaativos.
There's ronm enough, and the rear of our Institution»
should be extended. I dont believe a man should be out *
oft" beoause be wasn't bom in this country for twenty,
one years, wbioh of course wasn't any fault of his, for
evnrybody would bo born hero, if tboy oould have their,
own auotion consultad." "It moans," said Ike, "a new
State." " Well ohild," rap'iod she, " tho odds ls only -
tho difforonoo-States or meo, 'tis all tho Bame. liol
'em eomo into our grand oonBternation, where the eagle
shall spread ita broad opinions over 'om, and mike 'eta
happy in an unlimited bondago of brotherhood, like the
Siamese twins." She bad not takon her evos from tb»
steam that roae from tba onpB, and joined in one oloud,
that soemed to represent the Union tho was depicting.
Ike had a better illustration; for he took tho five pre.
served peaohea on the plato, nnd put them all into ,
ono.
Eionr Onn.nnEH AT A Binni.-Johnson, Trttmbul,
County, O., August 4, 1881). On the Sod of August
Mrs; Timothy Bradley gave; birth to eightiehihhan
three boya and Ave girla. They are all living, and are,
healthy, 6ut quite small. Mr. B.'a fam«y ia Incasing,
fast. Ile was married six years ago to EunleoMoworyl
who weighed 973 pounds on the day of their marriage.
Sha has given birth to two pair pf twins, and now eight
more, making twelve children in jlx years. It seems . ,
strsngoTbut nevertheless ia true, Mrs. B. was a twin of
tbreef uer mother and father both being twins, and her
grandmother tho mother of Ave pair of twins. Mw. B.
BaaTrianied her boys after notod and dlatlngnlshed men.
One »flor the Hon. Joshua B. Olddlngs, who has given:
nor a splendid gold modal ) ono after tho BOT. Hon.
Elijah oWnplln, who gave hor a deed of 60 aorea of
land,' and tho other tfter Jamos Johnson, Esq., whn
gavo hor a cow. Mr. Bradley Bays t is proftlsble to
have ; twins, as the neighbour's liovo olotued the others
over sinoo thoy woro born. Mr. B. la n poor industrious
labourer, but aayB ho will not part with any ofWa oh il.
dron whilo ho la able to work.-Ç»miponù«nt,,tfm
York- Trllmne, ' \ . -,
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