We turn at last into Sydney Cove, on the south side of the harbour, and here we are moored at Circular Quay in the very 4 heart of the city. Further on to the west, just round the next point, we see Darling Harbour, crowded with shipping, and its 5 busy wharves piled with merchandise. The waterway extends some miles further inland, but here in Sydney Cove is the centre of commercial activity and the landing-place of the original settlers in 1788. [Illustration: PORT JACKSON.] Before we land let us look at a chart which shows us the long passage by which we have entered, the windings of the harbour 6 and the city spreading over the surrounding hills. This will give us our bearings and help us to understand the views. We will now land, climb the hill, and look down on the Cove. (4) There, on the further side, is our vessel, lying close to the tall warehouses. Beyond it are the trees of Government Domain, with the tower and roof of Government House showing above them. The little bay on our left is Farm Cove, where the warships lie 7 at anchor; and beyond it again, on the next point, we see the trees of the Botanical Gardens. Then we have Woolloomooloo Bay, running up to a new and crowded suburb, and in the distance many more points and bays, as we look along the south side of the harbour back towards the sea. Or let us climb up behind our vessel, in another direction, to the library, and look down over Farm Cove. Below us, on the little island, is Fort Denison; and 8 across the water on the north side is Mossman Bay, where a new Sydney is growing up. It is all very different from the crowded ugliness of most of our own commercial cities. To see something of the inside of the city we walk up George Street from the quayside. On our right is old Sydney, irregular and picturesque, built on the rocky peninsula between Sydney Cove and Darling Harbour. Here is a view of one of the old streets. 9 George Street itself is very modern in appearance, with its broad 10 roadway, electric cars, and handsome stone buildings. Here is the Post Office at one of the corners; it is built of sandstone and 11 granite which are to be found in abundance in the local rocks. Across George Street runs Bridge Street, one of the oldest in the city. It takes its name from the old bridge across the little Tank stream, which has now been absorbed into the underground drainage of the city, like so many of our old streams in London. There are many Government buildings in this older part as we might expect, and at the top is the entrance to Government House.