STRUGGLES OF THE EARLY SETTLERS. 



45 ; one heifer and calf, 170 ; one hejfer, 125; and one cow, 65 

 These cattle were represented as being of the best quality, and bred 

 from the best Shorthorn herds in England. 



Mr. Armstrong, veterinary surgeon, of Sydney, advertises for sale 

 at his bazaar five Durham bulls, three Hereford bulls, one pure Ayr- 

 shire bull, also a bull and cow by Mir. George Hobler's imported bull 

 "Jupiter." The Hereford bulls were bred by the Duke of Bedford, 

 England, and are of superior quality. 



Mr. Armstrong, V.S., kept a horse and cattle bazaar in Sydney for 

 a number of years, and was largely interested in the importation o>f 

 stock to the colony. He, in conjunction with shipping masters such 

 as Towns and Addison, Prosper D'Mestre, John Lawson, A. B. Spark, 

 and others who were interested in the whale fishery business on the 

 South Coast, were all the time trading in cattle and horses in a small 

 way. But larger sperm oil merchants and shipowners, such as Robert 

 Campbell & Co., Richard Jones & Co., Aspinall & Brown, John Tooth, 

 George Blaxland, Cooper & Levy, and William Walker & Co., who 

 were largely interested not only in the whale fisheries on the coast, 

 were also largely interested in cattle stations throughout the settled 

 parts of the colony where boiling-down establishments were carried 

 on. These establishments were the means of fixing a value on the 

 stock raising in the colony by making all horned cattle worth the 

 price of their hides and tallow. 



