. Journal of researches into the natural history and geology of the countries visited during the voyage round the world of 'Beagle,' under the command of Captain Fitz Roy. extensive basalticplatforms ; but higher up the land becomes mountainous, andis covered by a light wood. The lower parts of the hillswhich skirt the bay are cleared ; and the bright yellow fieldsof corn, and dark green ones of potatoes, appeared veryluxuriant. Late in the evening we anchored in the snug cove, HO BART TOWN 475 on the shores of which stands the capital of Tasmania. Thefirst aspect of the place was very
. Journal of researches into the natural history and geology of the countries visited during the voyage round the world of 'Beagle,' under the command of Captain Fitz Roy. extensive basalticplatforms ; but higher up the land becomes mountainous, andis covered by a light wood. The lower parts of the hillswhich skirt the bay are cleared ; and the bright yellow fieldsof corn, and dark green ones of potatoes, appeared veryluxuriant. Late in the evening we anchored in the snug cove, HO BART TOWN 475 on the shores of which stands the capital of Tasmania. Thefirst aspect of the place was very inferior to that of Sydney ;the latter might be called a city, this only a town. It standsat the base of Mount Wellington, a mountain 3100 feet high,but of little picturesque beauty ; from this source, however, itreceives a good supply of water. Round the cove there aresome fine warehouses, and on one side a small fort. Comingfrom the Spanish settlements, where such magnificent care hasgenerally been paid to the fortifications, the means of defence inthese colonies appeared very contemptible. Comparing the townwith Sydney, I was chiefly struck with the comparative fewness. %3m - HOBART TOWN AND MOUNT WELLINGTON. of the large houses, either built or building. Hobart Town,from the census of 1835, contained 13,826 inhabitants, andthe whole of Tasmania 36,505. All the aborigines have been removed to an island in BasssStraits, so that Van Diemens Land enjoys the great advantageof being free from a native population. This most cruel stepseems to have been quite unavoidable, as the only meansof stopping a fearful succession of robberies, burnings, andmurders, committed by the blacks ; and which sooner or laterwould have ended in their utter destruction. I fear there is nodoubt that this train of evil and its consequences originated inthe infamous conduct of some of our countrymen. Thirty years 476 VAN DIEMENS LAND chap. is a short period, in which to have banished the last aboriginalf
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