486 SUGGESTIONS FOR THE IMPROVEMENT 
tion a few collateral regulations, which would be 
very essential to the effective working of the system 
proposed. 
First. It would be necessary for the sake of per- 
spicuity to suppose the country divided into dis- 
tricts, agreeing as nearly as could be ascertained 
with the boundaries of the respectives tribes. In 
these districts a section or two of land, well supplied 
with wood and water, should be chosen for the 
Aborigines ; such lands, if possible, to be centrically 
situated with regard to the tribes intended to assem- 
ble there, but always having reference to their 
favourite places of resort, or to such as would afford 
the greatest facilities for procuring their natural 
food. I do not apprehend that these stations need 
be very numerous at first : for the whole colony of 
South Australia nine or ten would probably be suf- 
ficient at present ; thus stations such as I have de- 
scribed, at Adelaide, Encounter Bay, The Coorong, 
Moorunde, the Hutt River, Mount Bryant, Mount 
Remarkable, and Port Lincoln would embrace most 
of the tribes of Aborigines at present in contact with 
the settlers ; others could be added, or these altered, 
as might be thought desirable or convenient. 
Secondly. In order to carry due weight when 
first established, and until the natives get well ac- 
quainted with Europeans and their customs, it would 
be essential that each station should be supported 
by two or more policemen. These might after- 
