have challenged any of them; that to say he had never been in a court of
justice before, was a common plea with white malefactors, and that he
knew as much on the subject as many immigrants. When he was sentenced,
the Rev. Mr. Hurst explained to him, that he would be hanged! This was
requisite, as the judge's address was utterly unintelligible.]

[Footnote 10: "The natives are tenacious of their hunting grounds, as
the settlers are of their farms, and are displeased when they find
houses upon them. This caused the attack of live stock and huts."--_R.
O'Connor, Esq._

"When a chart of Tasmania is presented to them, it seems only to embody
the form and dimensions, which their own fancy enabled them to
sketch."--_Tasmanian Journal--Rev. T. Dove._

"It was a great oversight, that a treaty was not made with the natives;
_that_ _feeling of injustice, which I am persuaded they have always
entertained_, would have then had no existence."--_Sir George Arthur's
Despatch to Lord Glenelg_, 1835.]

[Footnote 11: "The extension of the settled districts upon their usual
hunting grounds, has either driven them entirely from them, or removed
the kangaroo. They are quite disappointed of their usual supplies. We
have never known them to eat the flesh of either sheep or
cattle."--_Courier_, 1830.

The extent of their consumption, might be inferred from the increase
after their exit. To preserve their crops, some settlers were obliged to
employ hunters. In 1831, from Bothwell only, 100,000 skins were sent to
Hobart Town, bearing a value of L2,000.]

SECTION IV.

The violence of the natives seemed to require some extraordinary means
for its repression, and (in November, 1826) it was resolved to capture
the leaders, by the usual methods of arrest. The magistrates were
authorised, by the Governor, when danger was feared, to drive them to a
safe distance by force: to repress their attempts at disturbance, by
treating them as rioters; to seize those charged with felonies, whether
known by marks or by names, or by the denomination of their tribe; and
any person was authorised to raise the neighbourhood, on witnessing the
commission of a crime. This notice was renewed the following year, and
the military stationed in the interior, were instructed to render such
assistance as might be necessary, for its practical application.

But these measures were not attended with much success, and in April,
1828, the natives were forbidden to ent