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woud fill a Volume; I have not said all I might on this Subject to the Duke of Portand, but I believe I may have said enough to Satisfy His Grace, that I am not yet a very pleasing Correspondent, I trust however, that the endeavours I am using to restore order & regularity (for we were certainly more regular Six years ago,) Will be felt by whomever may Command her after me as a Comfort. But here I must beg to observe, that to Establish permanently a Military Corps for this Country will never in my opinion be an advantage to it in any way, the less time the Soldier Continues Among the Dregs of our Native Country, the life probablility of his being corrupted & rendered unfit for the trust we must repose in him, the frequent Robberys Committed upon the Public Stores under their immediate Care, are Sufficient Proofs of the Justice of this observation, they are too intimate & too much Connected with the Convict, it woud therefore I conceivd be an advantage were a relief to take place at certain stated periods.
June
We are at this time about finishing the Cropping of the Wheat Grounds, & in thrashing out the produce of last Harvest, this is a labor which being Manual woud be hightly releivd if Govt: would send us out a few of the Horse Threashing Machines Invented & usd in Scotland they are very Expeditious in this Operation. We have finished a Wind Mill at Sydney since Nov. last with a Strong Stone tower, it is the first ever Erected in this Country & will last long, it is now at Work, it was began & finished under all our difficultys