SOUTH AUSTRALIA. , 29 portion, is hemmed in between the declivities of Mount Lofty and the margins of Lake Alexandrina and the Murray River, from its south-west bend to its junction with the lake. To the north of the south-west bend of the river the country degenerates into a barren scrub, utterly worthless. Notwithstanding the diminutive size and sluggish course of the Hyndmarsh, the Angas, and their tributaries, the verdant district traversed by these rivers is singularly beautiful. The herds of cattle that are driven overland from the western districts of New South Wales to Adelaide luxuriate and quickly fatten on the rich grasses round Mount Barker, after being reduced by a long and painful route through the scanty pasturage bordering on the Murray. For three years the only communication with Spencer's Gulf was by water ; but Mr. Eyre has shewn the possi bility of conducting sheep and cattle to the neighbour hood of Port Lincoln, by heading the two gulfs. This is an important circumstance, as it facilitates the dispersion of the sheep and cattle of South Australia without the risk of a sea voyage, which is both expensive and ha zardous, however short the passage may be. The value of land at Port Lincoln is at the same time increased ; but, unfortunately for the advancement of that locality, although it possesses a splendid and spacious harbour, it is devoid of extended inland pasturage. Messrs. Baudin and Freycinet describe, in glowing language, the appearance of the land in the neighbourhood of Port Lincoln, and express a high opinion of its capa bilities for the maintenance of an European colony. Captain Flinders praises the extent and capacity of the harbour, but adds, that its approach is rendered dangerous