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allowed him to get within a couple of yards
and then shot him through the head killing him
instantly - The boar had been a terror in the
neighbourhood for a good while and we were glad
to see the end of him - The poor little tailor
hurried back to Newcastle without
running any more risks in searching for his
allot and we never heard any more of him
A more interesting visitor was a Mr Barrett
assitant colonial architect (Mr Dawson I think
was col architect then) He came to determine on
a site for a lighthouse on Point Stephens -
My father got a boats' crew together and took
him down to Nelson's Bay the
nearest point to Point Stephens (which of course is
on the ocean front) necessitating
a walk of about three miles - I was allowed to
be of the party and found the walk quite long
enough - Soon after leaving Nelson's Bay we came
acroos an enormous freshly killed black snake
which impressed me very much - I have killed
many big black snakes since but never saw
one anything like as big as that one - I don't know
what