P3162 (1.5.11) FEB 24 1891 LIBRARY Minot fund. COMMITTEE. Chairman-The Right Hon. LORD BROUGHAM, F.R.S., Member of the National Institute of France. Mr. Sergeant Manning. R. I. Murchison, Esq., F.R.S., F.G.S. P. M. Roget, M.D., Sec. R.S, F.R.A.S. Sir Martin Archer Shee, P.R.A., F.R.S. Sir George T Staunton. Bart., M.P. John Taylor, Esq, F.R S. Professor Thomson, M.D., F.L.S. Thomas Vardon, Esq. Jacob Waley, Esq., B.A. Jas. Walker, Esq., F.R.S., Pr. Inst. Civ. Eng. H. Waymouth, Esq. Thos. Webster, Esq., A.M. Right Hon. Lord Wrottesley, A.M., F.R.A.S. J. A. Yates, Esq. Allon, Staffordshire-Rev. J. P. Jones Anglesea-Rev. E. Williams. Rev. W. Johnson. Miller, Esq. Barnstaple - Bencraft, Esq. William Gribble, Esq., Belfast-Jas. L. Drummond, M.D. Birmingham-Paul Moon James, Esq., Trea surer. Bridport-James Williams, Esq. Glasgow-K. Finlay, Esq. Alexander McGrigor, Esq. A. J. D. D'Orsay, Esq. Plymouth-H. Woollcombe, Esq., F.A.S., Ch. G. Wightwick, Esq. Presteign-Rt. Hon. Sir H. 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John Phillips, Esq, F.R.S., F.G S. sure of, in relation to the hu- FACTORIES, visits to, describing various wn in Algeria, 328 aere, constitution of, adjusted to 1 and vegetable life, 224 a, Western, sufferings of an ex- Au ja, Western, bush life in, 244 16 Cavern in Corsica, 492 Cements and artificial stones, 158 manufactures, 91 Cliff-crane in shipwrecks, 240 Commerce, duty of encouraging, 376 363 Courtier, old and young, 49; ancient Culinary delicacies of thirteenth cen- Cultivation of mountainous districts, 217 Culture, effects of, 480 Custom house, London, 93 DANDELION, 59 Decimal division of the coinage, 370 Distinction, desire of, 376 Dog of Newfoundland, 347 Land reprisals in the middle ages in Siberian fowling, 488 Land, tenure of, in Guernsey, 315 286, 294 manufactures and arts:-soap and Light-houses, recent improvements in, Female farmers, 280 Fen draining in the eastern counties, Fish, fresh-water, notices of:-the cel, Fishes, peculiarities respecting their at Mapping, Model, or Relief Maps, 497 Medal or relief engraving, 495 161 Merchants' Marks, or Symbols, 503 Foot, mechanism of the, 260 Mule, habits of the, 395 Friendly Societies, improvement of, 387 one of the " Deeds of Arms" of Chi Silk-worms, attempts to rear, in Eng- Slates, slaters, and slating, 79 263 Foix, 457; Froissart in England, Olive tree, and its effects on social eco-Tram-roads in Ancient Greece, 155 Hands of the ape, 192 Hay, proper time for cutting, 272 Horses in the East, and their treatment, Houses of Constantinople, 376 IDENTITY of persons, 101 Inscription on the statue of Memnon, Irish sketches:-the Irish cloak, 401; Irrigation in Afghanistan, 203 KAHAU, natural history of the, 8 Dyeing, red, blue, and yellow, plants Kenilworth, 308 in the sixteenth century, 95 Travelling post in Russia, 73 Travelling, Tartar, in Turkey, 14 Trees, proper management of, 373 RADCLIFFE, Dr., and the Radcliffe Li- WAGGONS in Germany, 287 Water supplied by machinery and handl Rivers, geographically considered, 331, PORT LINCOLN, SOUTH AUSTRALIA. THE town of Port Lincoln is an offshoot of one of the youngest of our colonies. The act for constituting the portion of New Holland now called South Australia into a British province was passed in August, 1834. The first vessel which sailed for the new province, then without a single colonist, was despatched from London in February, 1836, and before the 1st of May was succeeded by two or three others, which conveyed the surveying staff for examining the coast and selecting a site for the principal settlement; besides other persons whose duty it was to make preparations for the more convenient reception of emigrants. The site of the first town was chosen on the eastern side of the Gulf of St. Vincent; and here the city of Adelaide, the capital of South Australia, has arisen with a rapidity hitherto unknown in the history of British colonization. In less than five years the rental of the houses in Adelaide amounted to 20,000l. a year: it is not, however, our intention to give an account here of this place, but of a town which has sprung up still more recently. Our cut represents Boston Bay, taken from the back of Port Lincoln, on the western shore of Spencer's Gulf, an inlet of much greater extent than the Gulf of St. Vincent. A glance at the cut will enable the reader to understand the situation of Boston Bay. It comprises an area of about fifty square miles at the head of Spencer's Gulf, the coast here forming the base of an equilateral triangle about two hundred miles in No. 626. extent, and the town of Port Lincoln being situated near the apex of the peninsula. Boston Island stretches across the bay, having an opening on the north-east, formed by the northern end of the island and a part of the mainland called Boston Point. The southern entrance is formed by two islands called the Brothers (separating Spalding Cove from Stamford Hill), and the southern part of Boston Island. From the head of the bay to Stamford Hill is fifteen miles, while from the centre of Boston Island to the town of Port Lincoln (situated on the extreme right of the cut) the distance is from four to five miles. There are no dangerous reefs nor sunken rocks, and the bay is completely landlocked. By keeping about three-quarters of a mile from the northern point of Boston Island, there are always from seven to thirteen fathoms water. bay has been compared to the magnificent harbours of Rio Janeiro and Toulon. This The advantageous situation of Port Lincoln was overlooked when the surveying expedition was in search of a site for the capital, but it was not destined to be long neglected. Early in 1839, a gentleman whose judgment in the selection of land was highly appreciated by many of the settlers at Adelaide, left that place for Boston Bay to examine the district with a view of obtaining a special survey for four thousand acres; but he was cunningly, if not very honourably outwitted, during his absence, by some persons who had sufficient confidence in the soundness of his views to be fully aware that they might safely be guided by VOL. XI.--B |