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   bride and allowing her to be carried off without further fuss.

   I admit also that I once saw an old gin who walked with

a curious wobble. I found out that as a young woman she

had bolted several times from her spouse who, at last, drastically

and effectually stopped further flights by hamstringing one leg!

   I contend that isolated acts of cruelty which may be quoted

against them do not prove that, on the whole, our aboriginees

were otherwise than,  on the whole, a kindly and reasonably

humane race. Any more than the crimes, callous  

cruelties, and tragedies which we read of every day in

the newspaper prove that our present day civilization

is uniformly callous and cruel. Happily we are aware

that it is not uniformly so.

   Of the blacks I write from actual personal experience.

Whether about the homestead, in camp, in the bush, in  

the cedar brushes, or on the road with cattle and horses

I invariably found them faithful, helpful, and ever

anxious to please their employer. Provided of  

course that they were treated fairly and justly.

   Need one say more? ---

  

  

  

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