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[Page 186]

The dreadful nuisance which had so long annoyed the Colonists, and Sir George Arthur's mode of abating that nuisance, is really a fit subject for the information of posterity. It is unique - it stands without a parallel: there is nothing like it to be found in history. The Lieutenant Governor called upon the Colonists to come forward to support him in a grand, combined and simultaneous effort to surround and capture the black natives, but several difficulties presented themselves which were not eas of a description not easily surmounted. A portion of the Colonial Press had for some time years past assailed Sir George Arthur's government, and if belief could have been given to the bold assertions of a few factious individuals Sir George Arthur was very unpopular. Hence it is naturally that the gallant officer should feel some anxiety until the Colonists should had had declared themselves. Happily however. never was a levy en masse so popular the call upon the inhabitants more of any country more cheerfully and

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willingly responded to than on the present occasion, establishing his Excellency's popularity beyond doubt cavilling and for the free of all ranks from the highest to the lowest tendered their services. 
 

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