Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1866-01-16

/ performed by s,aiwart ranger. 1t takes great
deal to really hurt black, he is tough. have
seen black knocked down twelve times in sue
cession aud thoroughly kicked well, without
| his see ming in the leas, degree d;scoucerted.
| The whites are compelled to be very
with The natives for being surrounded 10y immense
numbers of them, # they were once to fad that
the white man was in the least afraid Of them the
result would be far from pleasant. Therefore the
white, on all occasions, maintains his supremacy.
| When the natives do rise against the whites the
re uit is very dreadful. While ives AT Adela de
ranger met his death at the hrnds Of black.
| The ranger had been sent to arrest man, but
ulet with diff ent p'lon fro hat when lie
rad expected, for the bl4ck rushed at him with
an axe, and Glove his skull with one blow.
As race the blacks fast dying out; OF sew
eral tribes, which so short time ego ten years
we're well known, not single Individual remains.
AS civilization increases and cities spring up, the
| blacks are driven further up country, where they
have more difficulty in obtaining subsistence;
| they die II kept long in city. Tnele IS at Adt-
laide, at the present time venerable black, who
is about ninety wears cid, great age for ore Of
his race, and who Is the last representative OF his
| Tube. Inc natives are not particularly pfepos-
| sesslng i'll 3Trearar Ce as a r!'e, hat there are
some very gooc-!ookIn- men am"ngs' 'hen1:
| LheN ali however, have remark 't'y god 'eelt.
They are very cunning and cIA. y, Ind wl betray
ihey have great passion lot in'ox cl,ir., CsInk.,
though ii il punishable bg law to give 'aeG any
drink OF & spurious nature. poygamy Is com
mon Wl'h them. They seem to shos very small
sisns of intellect except L. the way they hunf,
and procure their food. One of their methods
| Is very ingenious. a snla.l animal, very common
| n Australia, Is ths "ali4by, sort ut cony his
creature active, that 20 vetcA !. would seem
almost an impossibiliy. he nslyes lie some
! feathers piucked from eagle u Inc mi Of
! long IIthe piece Of cane. They aPpro ca Were
| the wait4by usually may be found, aLd wave tus
cane and feathers about IN The ali. The Na.iaby,
eng the shadow, and trembling fyg ms lie, Is
50 alarmed that The bunlsm-a ,.sly spear him.
Ia this way they ~. TAX nearly mAny animals
| n day w shoot pte-sants ia oattIc-
Ihe o.-ck, IKE dog, travels y scent, i he
c4nuot see track, q d II mus be- serN iLdIstinc-
to osfii- Ms perception. he MI discover by
scent whether a comrAde rs ye-a il t.c same
pace before him l. Is llIs qi4..y tl-i II ks
nlm so valuable 70 The Aus'raA4n Police. may
safely say that ai;hou; me a4 OF hc bick de-
-ec.Nes very l.tt.- would ever hAv- been do-e IN
tu= vay 81; detection ~ - ru.o, ti4I b..cA c4.-
nnes ms m.s-csng to steau5, chiefly cattle nur-
der by him Is rare; even among themselves the
natives do not often commit this crime. Ii used
formerly to be the custom TO hang The cupIii 5r
every crime, but that is now abolished. Many
years ago men travelling up-countrs used TO pro-
vide themselves with what kind OF license
to shoot blacks and = killing "4s no murder.
The sport-loyng traveller wo4lI treqseltiy in
duge 10 what We should call a decidedly sensa-
tional pastime, which he called bacA-brd shoot
ing, but this sort o! thing Is a.! Of The past now
The life OF trooper in this par, ot Australia
Is extremely dull and unyar' .'g. A Ter !-w
months ne has read ali ths boOks within t-U
huncred miles found out that tobacco is vile,
anu the spirits very questionable anu th4t bis
comrades-yery good fellows in heir way-sfc
very Gull ana uulnterestlng. tie mas erased 10
pe interes ed IN the country, and b. gins
s.aer his duties bole, and he blacks s=t Of
pHggsh, lazy rasc4s. tie Is rot delighted
Win Oush NE he al first, for be has lost
himself once or twice, and discovered that there
such things a. SHAKES TO disturb .s.s's urIue
of mind III ti4.s stage h. usually Decones dis
gusttd With his mcnotoucus life, and leave The
torce TO t4ke to sheep-tarming. Now this .ast
employ meht Is very pioht4b.t nile he hi.hes,
.ases Of d trooper does not exceed ten Iounls u
month. The ch If qua l6cation Tor a sheep farmer
seems 70 be that lie can lie on his back ard smok-
pipe, swear little and drink gseat deal. Tee
farmer OF owner usually employs ovesseer al
a hIgh salary, wLo entirely images tie stock and
secures the returns. On this man the whole
business devolyes, and this IS oy 30 meaHs light.
Each season OF the year has lis separate .uties
there is The Landing IN the spring time. and il l.
no easy matter to attend II the wants of fifteen
twenty thousand sheep, which IS sb7u; the
important business, and takes great lnsuy weeks
Of hard work. One efficient sne4rer Will shear
as many as hundred and sixty sheep IN Twelve
hour. ne shearers are generally strong Irish
or W e.sh men. Nothing seems 50 profj.t.e in
Australia a. sheep-farming besides numbers of
private individuals, there are now several co1pa-
MES these sell shares IN sheep a q 900
each. and the pr hts triple themselves IN Two
years, so that any one win The sary money
may soon make a fortune and the investment is
perfectly safe, as the returns ind pender; OF
all risks AID contEge ncies, by which ttr private
farmer is often loser. lhe farmers themselves
are generally lazy set of men, who prefer smoking
pipe and reading moves (Which are sent out by
the thousand) 10 tramping riding number of
miles a frosty rnornlng to look after the stock.
the government sells land and sheep together
at pound a sheep; therefore, fl5 600 run
means a tract of couotry and fifteen Thousand
sheep.
| often stayed with many of these farmers, and
very hospitable always found them. With one
especially, near my station, became very fami-
lar, and used frequently to 90 out hunting with
him.
kangaroos ;he animals hunted (after the
manner of foxes) in Australia. We had kan
gatoo club 1T our station. Tne hunt is very ex-
ctng the kangaroo clears an immense disiance
al one leap, SO that the horses have hard work TO
keepup with It. On one occasion my farmer
friend and | were out hunting Wild cattie, ard
wild charged and tossed my friend, who de-
scended some few feet od. thought he was
killed. aud finding him mo.onless and white
began lie alarmed. \ doctor in Australia is
rare being you may never expect to fad enc
closer at hand than Three iour hundred
miles. Therefore. in tins, the bushman becomes
his own Coctor, and gets a knowledge of bone
setting, &c. In the present bad 10 carry
the wounded man 10 sheep farmer, who had
some reputation "a suTge6n n, and who soon set
matlers right But the ieelipg oI beipg alone 10
the bush with dead or wounoed comr9ce is very
strange.
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