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their numbers uniting [delete]gathering together uniting[/delete]
uniting together, raising large
hillocks particularly here. The bee can carry but little honey, but in time the hive is
filled. When I consider that we have not much less than 50,000 sheep in the Settlement
and that these 50,000 sheep will produce while I sleep or walk, as many fleeces of
wool, it is a national object to attend to them. Should their fleeces be worth no more
than as many dollars, yet the slave condemned to the mine, must sweat and toil,
and dig for a long time before he can drag from the bowels of the earth as much
wealth. I have produced fleeces of very fine wool this year, weighing 3½ lb and
4 lb each: what can be done in one instance in this respect may in 10,000. The
wars on the Continent of Europe must eventually open new channels of commerce.
Spain may never recover her former greatness with respect to ther wool. She may
never be able to replenish her flocks and to bring them into the same productive
state they were in before the present war; what may be the state of their flocks
at the close of this present contest we cannot tell. It is our duty to leave future events to
the wisdom of him who knows all things from the beginning and to act for
the present moment; my views may be extended when they anticipate the
greatness and wealth of their country in future, the civilization of the
surrounding savage nations, and the cultivation of their islands. Every thing
must have a beginning. The foundation must be laid before a house can be
built. I think you will hear of wheat and other kinds of grain being grown in New
Zealand, before two years are over, my friend, one of the chiefs who has lived with
me and acquired a knowledge of agriculture, will introduce Cultivation, amongst
his countrymen; this will add greatly to their civilization and comfort, and prepare
the way for greater blessings to be communicated to them, even the blessings of
Christianity. I may be too fond of the garden, the field and the fleece. These