250 A TIMS. 



he, in general patiently submits to the regular course 

 of justice. 



Fixed householders of regular habits are allowed 

 to keep arms in their bouses for self-defence, la 

 Province Wellesley, for several years back, the res- 

 pectable ryots have been supplied with tickets des- 

 cribing the arms they are allowed to keep, and num- 

 bered according to a register kept in the Principal 

 Assam's department there. Notwithstanding this 

 precaution, there is little doubt that many disreputable 

 persons keep arms clandestinely, for bad purposes ; 

 for the police not un frequently take up such at night 

 with arms in their hands. These men are treated us 

 vagrants. In Province Wellesley, nodiing but the most 

 rigid measures could prevent the (it is to be hoped small) 

 marauding portion of the society, preying on the rest. 

 When the reiisus is taken, every family or house is 

 furnished w ith a board or wooden ticket, correspond- 

 ing to its registry in the Police books, and having 

 the names of its members or inmates written oil it 

 By these means the police can go direct to their ob- 

 ject; instead of having, as was the case a few years 

 bark, to wander over a wide space ra search of it. 



The crimes of murder aud maiming are, in seveu 

 liases perhaps out of ten, committed in a fit of jea- 

 lousy ; which is too often not misplaced. 



While in England or Scotlaud the utmost commo- 

 tiou is excited in a country district by the commission 

 of murder, and I he pursuit of the guilty individual is 

 eager and steady — our peasant here, on sucb an 

 event occurring near his residence, shuts his door and 

 pretends ignorance of it, or at best affords but tardy 

 aid to those sent in pursuit. 



Thus crimes are seldom reported to the police until 

 the oU'emier has stepped across the boundary. If the 

 crime be committed on the Island, theu two hours 



