ENUMERATION OF THE ADVANTAGES WHICH THEY OFFER TO EMIGRANTS, AS WELL WITH REFERENCE TO EACH OTHER, AS TO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND THE CANADAS; AND DIRECTIONS AND ADVICE TO EMIGRANTS. THE THIRD EDITION. WITH AN APPENDIX, CONTAINING THE ACTS OF PARLIAMENT, AND OTHER DOCUMENTS EMBELLISHED WITH NEW MAPS, AND A VIEW OF SYDNEY. IN TWO VOLUMES. BY W. C. WENTWORTH, ESQ. A NATIVE OF NEW SOUTH WALES. LONDON: PRINTED FOR GEO. B. WHITTAKER, AVE-MARIA-LANE. 1824. PART II. STATISTICAL ACCOUNT OF THE SETTLEMENTS IN AUSTRALASIA. VAN DIEMEN'S LAND, VAN DIEMEN'S LAND is situated, between 40° 42, and 43° 43, of south latitude, and between 145° 31 and 148° 22 of east longitude. The honour of discovering this Island also belongs to the Dutch; but the survey of it has been effected principally by the English, The Aborigines of this country are, if possi ble, still more barbarous and uncivilized than those of Australia. They subsist entirely by hunting, and have no knowledge whatever of the art of fishing. Even the rude bark canoe, which their neighbours possess, is quite unknown to them; and whenever they want to pass any sheet of water, they are compelled to construct a wretched raft for the occasion, |