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WRONGS OF ' 
Robinson, to his Honour the Superintendent at Mel- 
bourne, shews that officer’s opinion of the feeling of 
the lower class of the settlers’ servants, with regard 
to the Aborigines in Australia Felix. 
“ Anterior to my last expedition I had seen a 
large portion of this province; I have now seen 
nearly the entire, and, in addition, have made myself 
thoroughly acquainted with the character of its 
inhabitants. 
“ The settlers are, for the most part, a highly re- 
spectable body of men, many, to my knowledge, 
deeply commiserating the condition of the natives ; 
a few have been engaged in the work of their ame- 
lioration ; these, however, are but isolated instances ; 
the majority are averse to having the natives, and 
drive them from their runs. 
“ Nothing could afford me greater pleasure than to 
see a reciprocity of interest established between the 
settler and aborigine, and it would delight me to see 
the settlers engaged in the great work of their ame- 
lioration ; and though on the part of the settlers, a 
large majority would readily engage, I nevertheless 
feel persuaded that, until a better class of peasantry 
be introduced, and a code of judicature suited to the 
condition of the natives, its practicability, as a gene- 
ral principle, is unattainable. 
“ In the course of my wanderings through the 
distant interior, I found it necessary, in order to 
arrive at a correct judgment, to observe the relative 
character of both classes, i, e. the European and the 
