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Aborigine. The difficulty on the part of the Abori- 
gine by proper management can be overcome ; but 
the difficulty on the part of the depraved white man 
is of far different character, and such as to require 
that either their place should be supplied by a more 
honest and industrious peasantry, or that a more 
suitable code of judicature be established, to restrain 
their nefarious proceedings with reference to the 
aboriginal natives. 
“ I found, on my last expedition, that a large 
majority of the white servants employed at the stock 
stations in the distant interior were, for the most 
part, men of depraved character ; and it was with 
deep regret that I observed that they were all armed ; 
and in the estimation of some of these characters, 
with whom I conversed, I found that the life of a 
native was considered to be of no more value than 
that of a wild dog. The settlers complained gene- 
rally of the bad character of their men. The say- 
ing is common among them, 4 That the men and 
not we are the masters.’ The kind of treatment 
evinced towards the aboriginal natives in remote 
parts of the interior by this class of persons, may 
be easily imagined ; but as I shall have occasion 
more fully to advert to this topic in the report 
I am about to transmit to the Government, I 
shall defer for the present offering further observa- 
tions. 
“ The bad character of the white servants is a reason 
assigned by many settlers for keeping the natives 
