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" Inhabitants , The name of Hottentot har iiitlic&ta b&m used proverbially t 6 e *| pr ess a want 6 f decent and civilized habits . There is reason , however , to htfpe that , under the mild and reforming influence of the Christian religion , and of the arts of civilization now extended
to them , the Hottentots will cease to be a reproach to our nature . They are of a mild and docile temper—one of the best 4 ' ttdiitics for the reception of knowledge . •< ufbimals . No country in the world has a greater variety of animals than those found within the narrow compass of ^ i ght degrees of latitude from the Cape . In it exist the largest as well as the
minutest in numerous classes of zoology . The ostrich , the largest bird , and the creeper , one of the smallest , known to man ; the elephant and the black-streaked mouse , the ohe weighing ; 4000 pounds , the other about the fourth part of an ounce ; the caroelopardalis , the tallest of quadrupeds , and of the astonishing height of 17 feet , and the little elegant zenic , of three inches . —are found here . In this
district , which may be called the mdnagerie of Africa , are the hippopotamus , the rhinoceros , the antelope , the beautifully striped zebra , the lion , the leopard , the panther , the tiger-cat , the wolf , and the hyaena . "—Pp , 214—217 . * Ntew Holland , which has also the more modern titles of Australia , Notasia , and Terra Australis , is between the Indian and Pacific oceans . It constitutes
the largest island in the world , and in size is only a fourth less than the European continent . The eastern coast , which was explored by Captain Cook , is named New South Wales , and has on it some settlements , formed in . 1786 , for the reception of British convicts whom the law
does not condemn to capital punishments , or whose sentence the sovereign has mitigated , and whom it is neither prudent nor humane to keep confined in Great Britain . Sydney town , the capital of New S . Wales , is the seat of government , and the chief places for the convicts are Port Jackson and Paramatta . ? The coast of New
delightful garden at Hackney , not less than fourteen hundred species of Cape plants now in cultivation . « The Botanical Cabinet , * a work published by those skilful horticulturalists , has many beautiful coloured delineations of the " exotics of the Cape . "
• " Botany bay was at first intended as their chief place of residence , but Port Jackson was found to be a more eligible situation . Botany bay , which is in lat . 34 S . and long . 150 E ., was so named from the variety of plants found there . Con victs were sent to the British Ameri-
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Holland is barren , but U $ . interior . $ » beautiful and fertile , producing all the species of vegetables known in England , with a variety of excellent fruits . The principal river yet discovered is tjie Hawkesbiiry , * which' empties itself inja the Pacific N . of Port Jackson . TSje natives of New Holland Drobabhv anmv > arf »
nearer the brutal state than any other savages , having neither houses nor clothing . Civilization is , however , extending itself under British influence , . and the English settlements are making rapid advances in knowledge and the comforts of
life . Schools have been formed , places of worship erected , and Bible Societies instituted for the reformation of those sons and daughters of Britain whom sfce has been compelled to shake off from her bosom for their crimes .
" Van Diemen ' s Land , an island separated from New Holland by Bass ' s strait , about 90 miles wide , is diversified by hills and valleys . "—Pp . 278 , 279 . Since this volume was printed some changes have taken place in the world . The Emperor Alexander of Russia is succeeded by Nicholas ,+ and Brazil i $
separated from Portugal , under tbe Emperor Don Pedro . John Hunter , to whom Mr . Butler naturally refers ( p . 250 ) for an account of the native American or Indian
tribes , is denounced in the American * journals as an impostor , after having been shewn in the drawing-rooms and at public meetings in London as the newest curiosity .
Should not €€ Greece" have been a distinct chapter from Turkey ? We hope and trust events will require this alteration in the next edition . Outline maps would be useful to such a work ; they need not be larger than the page . The use of these will
can Colonies before their separation from Great Britain . " * c < The Hawkesbiiry river is named from the present Earl of Liverpool , who , at the time of its discovery , was Lord Hawkesbury . " <* + By one of those state-mysteries which
for a time baffle all conjecture , Constant tine , the legitimate successor of Alexander , [ Mon . Repos . XX . 757 J hafe resigned his rights in favour of his younger brother Nicholas . Commotions have arisen in consequence , and Russia , even Russia , resounds with the cry of " Down with the Radicals , " though the Radicals in this instance are the friends of legitimacy . Rev *
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Review . ' —Butlers Geography of the Globes 1 * 61
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Feb. 2, 1826, page 111, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2545/page/47/
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