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would have procrastinated her departure too far 

 into the season, to admit of her return within 

 the summer months, which was absolutely re- 

 quisite to preserve her cattle. This desirable 

 object was therefore declined. 



Dispatches were sent to England by this op- 

 portunity, containing among others, a requisi- 

 tion for those materials wanting to carry into 

 effect the manufacture of woollens and linens, 

 viz. a large quantity of reeds, hackles, tow, and 

 wool cards, a quantity of log wood, red wood, 

 copperas, and alum. 



Shortly after the sailing of this ship, the Go- 

 vernor visited the wild cattle, for which pur- 

 pose he left Paramatta the 24th of September, 

 crossing the Nepean river next morning further 

 to the Northward than before. In this direction 

 he traversed with his party a new tract of coun- 

 try, perfectly beautiful and highly calculated 

 for both cultivation and pasture. 



Arriving at the Cow-pasture Plains, they met 

 jj with a small herd of cattle about 20 in number, 

 lall extremely fierce, and had not some dogs been 

 with the party, they would certainly have been 

 attacked. The natives who accompanied the 

 Governor, were alarmed so much, that they 

 climbed up the trees, and left their friends to 

 provide for their own safety. Several of the dogs 

 having been set at the cattle, by some of the 

 party, who did it, not thinking their situation 

 perfectly safe, the animals dismayed at this unu- 

 sual appearance went off with great expedi- 

 tion, all but a bull calf, which the dogs detained: 



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