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CONVICTS. 



Ceed from tlH-lr fuf tiiiig .ojpt tlift Mfege of l^iQse 

 fives wjiirli ail' \vt.'ll known t<» ]inss<'s> tliat poru- 

 liar smt^ll. Tliu lur ot" tliv o|jti>-tnn is nsrd at 

 Sydney by the hat-inauuiacturt'is, and may be 

 Eke^wfe'^altiaMe hx oAer purposes ; the natives 

 spm it» in thelt jrMie iQIdoiier, into small curd, 

 fVoni M liich th^ manufacture their bags called 



The opinion wiiicli appears generally to pre- 

 vml, prisd^iTS ib^ are jtlmsA in 

 the Golcm;^ in & bettet ^tuilioii ^an f£e& mmt 

 thei'e is too mnch reason for regarding as coiTect. 

 Tliev ai-c w ell-ft'd and ('loTlicd, take uood vnve to 

 be never overworked, and have an hospital, w ith 



tli0 best attrnd^fiice} viSim mk. An migtiecl 

 $^mt<^ ceaviitst may lye e^tyectly MBmd as 

 an individnal who is well fed and clothed — in- 

 solent an<I indolent ami takes t-an* tliat tin- lirth^ 

 work he has to peribrni is badly done. W lien siek, 



* The Ilobart Toun Colonist of Oct. 1'2, lH3'2, cojitaiiis; 

 the IbJloiving parugraph respecting tlie capability oi' the 

 opflssum fur beiiif tinxl ln manUi&eittres. 



^* W'f li:i\L' been favcjiiritl niili ilu- sii^Hit oi' n puir of 

 iiiittens spun aail kiiit by Mrs. .M*Keime, of the Lower 

 Cfy^ fi^oni th0 fiir tf the opossum, tn texture and ap- 

 pearance they very niueb resemble tlie best sort of Angola 

 mitten^ but to us they apiiear of superior quglit^, Thts pair 

 thftt we im tmr in the po&aessldn of Mr* Gtirdoni tsS 

 Kwcett, to wllem they were presented by Mr* M*Kcnstie." 



