Beef also was difficult to be procured and exceedingly poor; the price nearly sixpence farthing per pound.

Adventure Bay is a convenient and safe place for any number of ships to take in wood and water during the summer months: but in the winter, when the southerly winds are strong, the surf, on all parts of the shore, makes the landing exceedingly troublesome.

To be poor and independent is very nearly an impossibility.

My personal experience is that I find it exceedingly difficult to predict how people will interpret policy actions and the nuances of the press release.

This was the first day of our beginning to take up plants: we had much pleasure in collecting them for the natives offered their assistance and perfectly understood the method of taking them up and pruning them.

The Cape Town is considerably increased within the last eight years. Its respectability with regard to strength has kept pace with its other enlargements and rendered it very secure against any attempt which is not made with considerable force.