On the 7th
of January, Mr. Robinson made his triumphant entry into Hobart Town with
his party of blacks, amounting in all to forty. They walked very leisurely
along the road, followed by a large pack of dogs, and were received by the
inhabitants on their entry into town with the most lively curiosity and
delight. Soon after their arrival they walked up to the Government House,
and were introduced to his Excellency, and the interview that took place
was truly interesting. They are delighted at the idea of proceeding to
Great Island, where they will enjoy peace and plenty uninterrupted. The
great susceptibility which they one and all evinced of the influence of
music when the band struck up, which Colonel Logan had purposely ordered
down, clearly showed the numerous spectators the power of this agent of
communication, even in the savage breast. After, in the greatest good
humour, and with an evident desire to make themselves agreeable, going
through various feats of their wonderful dexterity, they proceeded on
board the Swan River packet, until the Tamar is ready to proceed with them
to Great Island. The women were frightfully ornamented with human bones
hung round them in various fantastic forms, even to the rows of teeth and
skulls. Some of these were the remains of enemies, and white persons whom
they had killed, but more as the mementos of the affection which they bore
to the husband or children whom they had lost.
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