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That a man of this character should have obtained leave to return on any terms to the governor whom he has insulted & the country & to the Colony where he had practicd the conduct above-stated, is a clear proof that Government has acted under a misrepresentation of his character conduct when they gave him any kind of indulgence. That a grant of 5000 acres of Land & the Labor of 30 Convicts as Shepherds should have been given pledgd to him at home is a further proof that his character was unknown to his Majesties Ministers. That he should have obtaind Leave to chuse his Land in whatever part of the Colony he should prefer was not however a measure of prudence or of sound Policy in any case & this is fully provd demonstrated by the choice he has made for he has fixd upon a Tract of Land by no means well suited for the Pasturage of Sheep, as the grass upon it is long & coarse, but in which is situate the only Lagoon of water in which where the great herd of wild Cattle originating from stock that strayd away soon after the first Settlement of the Colony in 1787 can obtain water in dry seasons is situated.
Had this Lagoon been granted to him by the Governor the whole herd must in consequence have been perpetualy at his mercy, he would have constantly found some of them trespassing on his Property Land