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tion as the English have penetrated into it. They are, how- 

 «;ver, often met with in the town and villages, and on the 

 highways, but never in considerable numbers. They have 

 lost very little of their primitive habits ; it is only remarked 

 that thev have made more progress in the English language 

 than the English have done in theirs. They are of no use, 

 and little to be feared. I am strongly inclined to believe that 

 they are of a different origin from those of Vaia Diemen's 

 Land. 



As the Eno-]ish government has omitted nothins; that 

 could tend to the prosperity of the establishment, it has not 

 suffered in its infancy. A stock of cows, sheep, and goats, 

 was sent hither at its expense ; and these animals have mul- 

 tiplied so much, that at the enumeration made of them m 

 the month of August last, there were reckoned to be 800 

 bulls, 3600 cows, 6000 sheep, 1800 goats, and more than 

 10,000 hogs. The horses brought from the Cape of Good 

 Hope and Bengal are of all the quadrupeds those which have 

 thriven the least, though the cause is still unknown. 



I shall not enlarge further on these details in this letter, 

 because I have sent vou a copy of that which I have ad- 

 dressed to the minister of the marine. You will find there 

 a particular account of the articles sent home in Le Natu- 

 raiiste, and which you are authorized to receive. 



I beg to be remembered to you, and shall use my utmost 

 endeavours to complete a new collection as numerous as 

 that sent to you by Le Natuialiste. 



LXVII. Statement of the Improvement a?id Progress of the 

 Breed of fne-woolled Sheep in New South IVales; pre- 

 sented by Captain M'Arthur at the Right Honourable 

 Lord Hobart's Ofjice, 26th July, 1803. 



JL HE samples of wool brought from New South Wales 

 having excited the particular attention of the merchants ;uid 

 principal English manufacturers, captain M'Arthur consi- 

 ders it his duty respectfully to represent to his majesty's 

 ministers, that he has founcl, from an experience of many 

 years, the climate of New South Wales is peculiarly adapted 

 to the increase of fine-woolled sheep ; and that, from the 

 \mlimited extent of luxuriant pastures with which that 

 coimtry abounds, millions of those valuable animals may 

 be raised in a few years, wilh but little other expense than 

 tlie hire of a few shepherds. 



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