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Paramatta, Nov. 26. 1816

My very dear Sir,

I have sent you by the bearer Mr. John Grant, a drawing
of one of my horses as you have a drawing of the Bull. He is a very fine animal, and fit
for any nobleman. I saw few superior when in England. His Grandfather and Grand
mother both came from India. She was the best for the road we ever had in
this country: would trot fifteen miles in an hour. I shall some day perhaps send you the
drawing of a ram; you then have the heads of my flocks, heads & horses. My English
cow and bull are very fine. The officers of the 73rd regiment brought one cow along
with them from England. This I purchased on my arrival. I offered them £40 sterling
for her; this was a temptation they could not pass over. I thought her cheap, and we
were all satisfied. The cow I sent out has brought me two female calves, and now in calf
again, and that I brought [bought] from the officers one. I shall soon have a fine herd of English
cattle. I have got most of the artificial grasses now growing which are cultivated in
England. One field all English grass. I have mowed and made into hay. Were
you now to visit us you would imagine that you were in England, except
the pleasure you would feel in breathing a pure air. By the Admiral Gambier I have sent
to England from 4000 to 5000 lbs of wool. This will be the beginning of the commerce
of this new world. Many think nothing of these things now. they cannot see any
advantage to be derived for them their children or the Settlement, by improving
the fleeces of their sheep. But I anticipate immense natural wealth to spring
from that source of Commerce in time. The ant is a small creature, yet we see