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OF NEW SOUTH WALES. 599 West:— September 12th, 1814. Publication, Dedicated (by Biblk- permission) to his Excellency Lachlan Macquarie, Esquire, Go- graphy. vemor of New South Wales, &c., &c. A. West, Hunter-street, Sydney, most respectfully begs leave to acquaint his friends and the public in general that he has now ready for sale an extra collection of twelve beautiful views of New South Wales, in addition to the twelve already published, drawn and engraved by artists of superior abilities resident in this colony. The subjects are as follows : — 13. WooUoomoolla House, near Sydney. 14. Ultimo House, near Sydney. 15. A view of part of the town of Parramatta, taken from the south side of the river. 16. A view of Shark's Bay, taken from Vinegar Hill. 17. First part view of the River of Sydney, taken from the Church yard of St. Phillip's, Sydney. 18. Second part view of the River of Sydney, taken from the Church yard of St. Phillip's, Sydney. 19. A view of the town of Windsor, on the River Hawkesbury. 20. A view of the banks of the River Hawkesbury. 21. A view of the native burial of Baggara, a native of New South Wales,, with remarks thereon. 22. A view of the Blue Mountain Pheasant [Lvre Bird, Menura superba]. 23. A view of Campbell and Co.'s Mercantile House, Sydney. 24. A view of the Ked-house Farm, Windsor. To be had of the proprietor, A. West, as above. Price of the set of 24 plates, nine pounds. Plates 13, 14, 15, and 16 are engraved by Presston, from drawings by J. Eyre ; plates 17 and 18 are without artists' or engravers' names ; plates 19, 21, 22, 23, and 24 are drawn and engraved by Slaeser ; plate 20 is engraved by Pi-esston, from an original painting by J. W. Lewin. The British Museum possesses a complete set of the twenty-four plates, the broadside " announcements," here reprinted, serving as title pages to the folio volumes in which they are bound. Kittle : — A Concise Histoiy of the Colony and Natives of New South Wales. By Samuel Kittle. 12mo., pp. 252 and plate. Edinburgh, 1814. Lindler, Dr. L.:— Der Funfte Welttheil, oder Australien, &c. 1814. Flinders : — A Voyage to Terra Australis, undertaken for the purpose of completing the discovery of that vast country, and prosecuted in the years 1801, 1802, and 1803, in his Majesty's ship The Investigator, and subsequently in the armed vessel Por- poise, and Cumberland schooner. With an Account of ,the Ship- wreck of the Porpoise, Arrival of the Cumberland at Mauritius, and Imprisonment of the Commander for Six Yeai's and a Half in that Island. By Matthew Flinders, Commander of the Investi- gator. 4to., 2 vols., with Atlas. London, 1814. 2 R Digitized by Google