Went round the crescent at the bottom of the garden, which certainly in beauty of form and situation is unrivalled in New South Wales.

Here are eight thousand vines planted, all of which in another season are expected to bear grapes.
Besides the vines are several small fruit trees, which were brought in the Gorgon from the Cape, and look lively; on one of them are half a dozen apples as big as nutmegs.

Although the soil of the crescent be poor, its aspect and circular figure, so advantageous for receiving and retaining the rays of the sun, eminently fit it for a vineyard.

Passed the rivulet and looked at the corn land on its northern side.

On the western side of Clarke's* house the wheat and maize are bad, but on the eastern side is a field supposed to be the best in the colony.