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cumstances of tlie deeppf^t moment, and on occa- 

 sions of peculiar cxcilcim'nt. nod it is furtlier 

 observed, that '*slie who complains the airs of 

 heaven visit her too roughly, wJHicaidcrgc), with^ 

 oat a mitmiiir, mo^ aotite sti&siiigs than man 

 may know : and the seeming heartless coquette, 

 who wins our contempt at the afisembly. will 

 prove, in the hour of sorrow and affliction, a 

 benign and * ministering augeL* Perhaps some 

 may feel didap|»cdiiled[ ^lum they find this 

 digression only in:^^0<ilxi«@l a brief tale dt im^ 

 of that degraded race — an y\nstralian savage, 

 in wlioni tliis feeling was strong, and wliich oc- 

 curred ill this part of the colony — not in one of 

 tihfi^toiablfe g^de variety of the seat 

 ^l^e the assemblies md parks, and form the 

 domestic hapjjiness in our n:lti^'e laud. 



A female of one of the 'aboriginal tribes in 

 the Murrumbidgee country formed an attach- 



Ibtsf, %k)^ ibeeodfting a {^'u^-ti^ga'^i was for a 

 long time sought after by the [lolice for the nuuiy 

 atrocities he had committed, but always eUided 

 pursuit. This female concealed liiiu with ti'ue 

 Hirtfe ingenuity, jantd haffieij life pursuers — 

 «hB wouM Mt mi fef Mm, whihsi he 

 temaiaed secluded in tlu' retreat she chose. 

 Sh6 often visited tlie stock-keepers' huts at the 

 di&rcnt stations, and whatever provision she 



