484 SUGGESTIONS FOR THE IMPROVEMENT 
from the towns ; that by restraining the wandering 
habits of the parents in this way, there would be 
fewer charms and less temptation to the children to 
relapse from a comparative state of civilization into 
one of barbarism again ; and that, by supplying the 
wants of the natives, and taking away all induce- 
ments to crime, a security and protection would be 
afforded to the settlers which do not now exist, and 
which, under the present system, can never be ex- 
pected, until the former have almost disappeared 
before their oppressors. 
Many subordinate arrangements would be neces- 
ary to bring the plan into complete operation, and 
from its general character it could not, perhaps, be 
carried out every where at once, but if such arrange- 
ments were made, only in a few districts every year, 
much would be done towards eventually accomplish- 
ing the ends desired. 
At Moorunde flour was only regularly issued 
once in the month, but that is not often enough to 
attain the full advantages of the system, still less to 
remedy the evils the natives are subject to, or re- 
strain their wandering propensities. Upon the 
Murray the natives are peculiarly situated, and 
have greater facilities for obtaining their natural 
food than in any other part of the country. They 
were consequently in a position more favourable for 
making an experiment upon, than those of the inland 
districts, where a native is often obliged to wander 
over many miles of ground for his day’s subsist- 
