OF THE NATIVES MUST BE COMBINED. 451 
ings of his unhappy race. I am equally convinced 
that all one-sided legislation — all measures having 
reference solely to the natives must fail. The com- 
plete want of success attending the protecting sys- 
tem, and all other past measures, clearly shew, that 
unless the interests of the two classes can be so in- 
terwoven and combined, that both may prosper 
together ; no real good can be hoped for from our 
best efforts to ameliorate the condition of the savage. 
In all future plans it is evident that the native must 
have the inducements and provocations to crime de- 
stroyed or counteracted, as far as it may be practi- 
cable to effect this, and the settler must be convinced 
that it is his interest to treat the native with kind- 
ness and consideration, and must be able to feel that 
he is no longer exposed to risk of life or property 
for injuries or aggressions, which, as an indivi- 
dual, he has not induced. 
I .have now nearly discharged the duty I have 
undertaken — a duty which my long experience 
among the natives, and an intimate acquaintance 
with their peculiarities, habits, and customs, has in a 
measure almost forced upon me. In fulfilling it, I 
have been obliged to enter at some length upon the 
subject, to give as succinct an account as I could of 
the unfavourable impressions that have often, but 
unjustly, been entertained of the New Hollanders : 
of the difficulties and disadvantages they have la- 
boured under, of the various relations that have 
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