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were, in the first instance, badly chosen, 
and afterwards as badly managed. Most 
of the latter emigrants from Holland were 
convicts taken from their prisons, and when 
sent into the advanced colonies, were in a 
great measure left to their own discretion. 
To regulate the future conduct of the 
settlers, and prevent all depredations on 
the natives, it will be only necessary to 
place settlements on the eastern and west- 
ern coasts, and establish a line of commu- 
nication across this part of the continent. 
By these means the colonists will be pre- 
vented in future from advancing into the 
interior, unless by permission of the govern- 
ment, and their conduct always subjected 
to the control of the laws. In a few 
years the whole might form a regular esta- 
blishment, and, wisely conducted, would 
remain for centuries the most valuable 
possession appertaining to the crown of 
England. 
I have hitherto (observes the author) in 
the course of this address, principally con- 
sidered the settlement of the Cape, and 
