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requisite in order to instruct them & bring them
into more regular habits. If we punish them, as
sometimes [words crossed ou] we feel it our duty
to do by not feeding them, they will set us at
defician and try to obtain a [letter crossed out] something to eat
either by begging or by offering to do some little
work which they will rather do than to yield to
our directions. [words crossed out]
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They will thus idle & begging stroll about, [word crossed out]
as being more agreeable to their natural [word crossed out] wan-
dering & lazy habits. This is not mere apprehension
our experience since the Police Establishment has confirmed it.
V) A township will present [word crossed out] so many scenes
of curiosity for them which will distant
their attention from the missionary's object,
it will [words crossed out] fill their
heads with so many other notions (counteracting
[words crossed out] our efforts) & it will prove another
inducement for [words crossed out] idleness. Something
of this evil tendency we have already seen.
V) Those Natives that have seen less of Europeans
& are more accustomed to a savage life in