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for raising wheat, or any other grain that requires moisture. In the few spots of ground already laid out in gardens at Sullivan's bay, the vegetation when assisted by constant watering is very rapid, but at the same time very weak.
The great scarcity of water is every where strikingly obvious; in the narrow glens between the high ground the marks of Water Courses are visible but at this time they are entirely dry, and I am led to believe that the rainy season is by no means annually regular. The [indecipherable] & two or three scanty sites near Arthurs Seat, are the only springs that rise to the surface throughout the port; the small pools of fresh water found in other places, are merely the stagnant drains from Swamps; by proper precautions this water might doubtless be retained during the summer in sufficient quantity to answer the domestic purposes of the Settlement, but Ships will always be obliged to procure their water for Sea
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