His own wordy may be employed to teU llu'

to England, result : —

• • In 1801 I took to England specimens of the wool of Uie pine Merino,

antl of the best of tlic crof«sl>teined to devote my attention to the improvement of the wool of my ttocks, I «inly landed here live ram« ami one ewe of tlui sheep purchaaeil from the Rova.1 flock/'^*' It was by labour that he obtained success. The papers of the House of Commons ilS'Sl) show that in July 180B lie addressed a memorial to Lord Hobart narrating what he had done, and expatiating npun the national advantage ftf fostering the experiment of wool-growing in Aiintralia. For himself be asked permission to occupy land and to receive convict servants. In Feb. 1B04 he pressed his views upon Mr. Vansittart at the Treasury. In May 1804 he presented a memorial to the Privy Council, To prove that "no narrow or seliish views of monopoly inHiience the promoters . . . that their principal object , , . is to relieve this country from its present dependence on foreign nations for tliat valuable cj>mmodity*' (fine wool), the company, he suggested, would engage to distribute a stipulated portion of their Btock annually amongst the settlers in any manner the government might direct. To the Privy Council he repeated this ofifer. If it should be declined he would undertake the experiment himself if he should be allotted 10,000 acres of land and permitted to seleet thirty-convicts as slie]ilierds. On the tUli July 1804 he was summoned before the Privy Council. There he averred such coniidence in his plans that he would accept even a conditional grant of land ujitil the government miglit be satisfied. He had referred to the late Governor, Hunter, who was examined on the same day by the Privy Council. Without committing himself to decide<i opinions, Hunter testified that ** any offer Captain Macartliur might make wotdd be worth attending to." On the 14th July the committee of the Council met again. They shrank from recomniendhig that an imnie- " Camden Papers* E^idenue btjfore Mr, Commissioner Bigge^ 1820-