er in Dorset, which falls into Bass' Strait, near
Stony Head.

_Plenty_--a small stream in Buckingham, falling into the Derwent above
New Norfolk.

_Port Arthur_--one of the penal settlements on Tasman's Peninsula.

_Port Dalrymple_--the entrance of the Tamar, so called by Captain
Flinders, in honor of the hydrographer to the admiralty.

_Port Davey_--a large harbor, lying on the south-western coast.

_Ramsgate_--a village on the shore of D'Entrecasteaux's channel, in
Kent.

_Richmond_--a town at the mouth of the Coal River, in the parish of Ulva
and county of Monmouth, 15 miles from Hobart, and 100 from Launceston.
It contains an episcopal and a catholic church, a congregational chapel,
a police office, post station, a gaol, and court house, and several
inns. It has a resident police magistrate, and the population of the
town and district, which consists of farms, is 3,144, and the number of
houses 545, nearly half of which are of stone or brick. The Coal River,
which here falls into the bay of Pittwater, is crossed at the town by an
excellent stone bridge of six arches. Richmond is an electoral district,
for which T. G. Gregson, Esq., is the first member.

_Risdon_--a village at Clarence Plains, nearly opposite Hobart. There is
a ferry at this place, which was the site of the first settlement in the
colony.

_Rochford_--a township in Cumberland.

_Ross_--a township on the Macquarie, in the parish of Ross and county of
Somerset, 73 miles from Hobart, 47 from Launceston, and 6 from Campbell
Town. It contains an episcopal church and school, a chapel, a police and
post station, and two inns. The police magistrate of Campbell Town holds
a court here once in a week. There is a bridge across the Macquarie at
this township. The district is chiefly agricultural.

_Rugby_--a township on the Derwent, in the parish of Sutherland and
county of Buckingham.

_Shannon_--a river which rises at the Great Lake in Westmoreland, and
falls into the Ouse.

_Shepton Montacute_--a township in Monmouth.

_Sidmouth_--a village on the west bank of the Tamar, about 20 miles
from Launceston. There is a presbyterian church here, and a resident
minister.

_Sorell_--a town in the parish of Sorell and county of Pembroke, 23
miles from Hobart, and 144 from Launceston. It has an episcopal church
(St. George's) and school, a presbyterian church, a police and post
office, and other public buildings. There is a resident police
magistrate