Report of the Speeches Delivered at a Dinner Given to Capt. John Hindmarsh, R.N., on His Appointment as Governor of South Australia: To which is Appended An Answer to an Article in the Forth-fifth Number of the Westminster ReviewCharles Mann Public Library of South Australia, 1835 - 88 sivua |
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Sivu 27 - From the above account it would appear that a spot has, at length, been found upon the south coast of New Holland, to which the colonist might venture with every prospect of success, and in whose valleys the exile might hope to build for himself and for his family a peaceful and prosperous home. All who have ever landed upon the eastern shore of St. Vincent's Gulf, agree as to the richness of its soil, and the abundance of its pasture.
Sivu 26 - ... the Lord thy God chasteneth thee. Therefore thou shalt keep the commandments of the Lord thy God, to walk in his ways and to fear him. For the Lord thy God bringeth thee into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and depths that spring out of valleys and hills; a land of wheat and barley and vines and fig trees and pomegranates; a land of oil olive and honey...
Sivu 27 - ... engaged. Hurried, I would repeat, as my view of it was, my eye never fell on a country of more promising aspect, or of more favourable position, than that which occupies the space between the lake and the ranges of St. Vincent's Gulf, and, continuing northerly from Mount Barker, stretches away, without any visible boundary. It appeared to me that, unless nature had deviated from her usual laws, this tract of country could not but be fertile, situated as it was to receive the mountain deposits...
Sivu 9 - Hindmarsh was a midshipman on board the Bellerophon, and so destructive was the fire of the enemy, that for some time he was the only officer left upon the quarter-deck. He received...
Sivu 9 - Hindmarsh, being the only officer on deck, ordered the topsail to be set, and the cable to be cut, and thus saved the ship from destruction. He had his proud reward : Nelson himself thanked the young hero before the assembled officers and crew. These thanks Nelson repeated upon the deck of the Victory, when he presented Captain Hindmarsh with his lieutenant's commission.
Sivu 8 - ... Colonel Torrens is thought a sensible man. "Look at the map of New Holland upon the wall. Here, about 40 miles from the east coast, run the Blue Mountains ; to the south-west this chain rises to a higher elevation, and is denominated the Snowy Mountains, or Australian Alps. Now, the winds which prevail in this region, for the greater part of the year, blow from the south-west, and the vapour which they waft from the Southern Ocean condenses before it can reach to the eastward of these mountains,...
Sivu 27 - We were borne over its ruffled and agitated surface with such rapidity, that I had scarcely time to view it as we passed ; but, cursory as my glance was, I could not but think I was leaving behind me the fullest reward of our toil, in a country that would ultimately render our discoveries valuable, and benefit the colony for whose interests we were engaged.
Sivu 27 - I doubted much, whether either would hold out to such place as we might hope for relief. Yet, reduced as the whole of us were from previous exertion, beset as our homeward path was by difficulty and danger, and involved as our eventual safety was in obscurity and doubt, I could not but deplore the necessity that obliged me to re-cross the Lake Alexandrina (as I had named it in honour of the...