But even when all areas of desert of Australia are excluded from calculation there, still there is

But even when all areas of desert of Australia are excluded from calculation there, still there is in an internal plateau, to the east and the south, a huge area [168] of the country of the big abundance and productivity. One only River exhausts area of 500 000 square miles, the one sixth whole
The continent, which most part has excessive riches. In this fertile parts by artesian wells has been tried, and always with the big success. Also it is considered, that almost whole continent can be returned for agriculture, or at least for the sheep-pasturing, similar means; for even in droughty and so-called parts of desert of an interior, there are very few soils which is not really fertile as all it is covered by thick brushwood. One only humidity is necessary to force it to have grain crops much. And this drought of atmosphere which prevails everywhere on the whole continent, not without its indemnifications. It gives extremely healthy climate.
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