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CONVICTS. 



when on tlie farra^ b^ext q<iJfttinoally toping, and 

 as, when with the iron p:ano-, he hail no oppor- 

 tunity of continuing Jiis potutiousj that circum- 

 Btance inay have occasioned his iiiici^iised good 

 hsMh mi condttii$Q. This Tiiay & Mm, 

 therefore^ to send all the sick who^L- illness may 

 arise princi|jally from liabitual drunkenness^, in- 

 stead of an hospital, to an iron gang for a short 

 period* 



Tha iidiidost {^<skpd(^k«Ss Ate eo^s2;d&fed 



make the best shepherds in the colony, as it 9Uits 

 their naturally idle hal)its ; tfu- industrious la- 

 bourer cannot endure tlie very wearisonu' and 

 lazy employment of looking after sheep ; the 

 petty latisifiMa* ^som gets attached to hi# wtsolly 

 charges, and the i^eep, no doubt, by a natural 

 instinct, to him; and thus the auinials are 

 tended with some denree of care; but the re- 

 gular workman, detesting the occupation , (jjii- 



t&m iacapeitaled itota ^ mom employ- 

 ment, % or accident,) seldom lafees my 

 interest in the valual)Ic property entrusted to 

 his care ; the former are, therefore, to be j>re- 

 ferred. The sliopherds, when tending their 

 flooks in the pasturage, wile ^way their leisure 

 ^fl4e'T>y maiittfeettiring coarse hnt durable straw 

 hats. 



There is, no doubt^ much truth in the re- 



