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alluded to is headed  "The
"relative situation in which
"the White Inhabitants of
"Van Diemen's Land stand
"towards the Aborigines."
It must be observed that the
publication made its appearance
a few months after the
so called line had been disbanded,
 and years before all
the tribes had surrended[sic] themselves
 into the hands of the  
government.- In April 1831
the Blacks continued with  
great ferocity to murder the
defenceless men and women
who resided in Stock huts, and in
small houses, and were labouring
 in the field. Huts and  
stacks were frequently destroyed
by fire, and sheep, cattle, and  
horses speared. The publication
to which I have here reff
referred explains: (see article)

  

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