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NATIVES FEAR OOR DOGS. 
the heavy and short sea that came rolling up the broad 
and open reaches of the Murray at this place. 
Four of the blacks, from the last tribe, followed us, and 
slept at the fires; but they were suspicious and timid, and 
appeared to be very glad when morning dawned. Our fires 
were always so much larger than those made by themselves, 
that, they fancied, perhaps, we were going to roast them. 
Our dogs, likewise, gave them great uneasiness; for 
although so fond of the native brute, they feared ours, 
from their size. We generally tied them to the boat, there- 
fore, to prevent a recurrence of theft, so that they were not 
altogether useless. 
