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[Nov?] 1826 to 1830 the [Early?] & [land?] a very hard time [still?]. It was impossible to sell anything. [indecipherable] money was painfully scarce. [indecipherable] [sort?] of barter had to be resorted to instance. if you agreed with a to put up a line of fencing it [was?] not uncommon & to agree to [indecipherable] pry in so many rods of fencing for so [many?] bullocks or a horse or so many bushels of wheat. [ Sualtus?] had no regular to [indecipherable] them as they have [indecipherable] and might was right to a [indecipherable] extent . The Country ws so far as is known populated principally by [indecipherable] settlers who had obtained grants of land the grants not exceeding 2500 acres in the Hunter. Napean. Illawarra. [Hawkesbury?] Districts, and we hear of clover being grown and likely to become a useful grass in the Colony. also other [indecipherable] grasses introduced for the first time turnips some cultivated on some [?] but [?] of as a crop not to be depended upon The more opulent settlers commenced [for?] the first time to fence in their land [with?] rail fences and seemed quite [surprised?] at the improved capacity for keeping stock horned cattle increased very fast about this time and [indecipherable] mustered in the year 1820 accounted to 99. 87 [indecipherable] they were a mixed breed [indecipherable] the Cape of Good Hope and [indecipherable] In 1835 [?] from William Ogilvie Esq. Two hundred & seventy three sheep of the following description . this property of Miss Wilton,one ewe & lamb being still left with Mr Ogilivie in the consequence of the accident during sheep washing
died on the Road 3 42 270 3rd Nov 1835 Records the above Charles Boydell
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