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niontory of Cape Jervis would ere this have been settled, 
had Captain Barker lived to complete his official repoits. 
The governor, General Darling, whose multifarious du- 
ties might well have excused him from paying attention to 
distant objects, hesitated not a moment when he thought 
the interests of the colony, whose welfare he so zealously 
promoted, appeared to be concerned ; and he determined 
to avail himself of the services of Captain Collet Barker, of 
the 39th regiment, who was about to be recalled from King 
George’s Sound, in order to satisfy himself as to the cor- 
rectness of my views. 
Captain Barker had not long before been removed from 
Port Raffles, on the northern coast, where he had had 
much intercourse with the natives, and had frequently 
trusted himself wholly in their hands. It was not, however, 
merely on account of his conciliating manners, and know- 
ledge of the temper and habits of the natives, that he was 
particularly fitted for the duty upon which it was the 
governor’s pleasure to employ him. He was, in addition, 
a man of great energy of character, and of much and various 
information. 
Orders having reached Sydney, directing the establish- 
ment belonging to New South Wales to be withdrawn, prior 
to the occupation of King George’s Sound by the govern- 
ment of Western Australia, the Isabella schooner was sent 
to receive the troops and prisoners on board ; and Captain 
Barker was directed, as soon as he should have handed 
over the settlement to Captain Stirling, to proceed to Cape 
