Original Correspondence.

New Zealander, Volume 4, Issue 261, 29 November 1848, Page 3

Original Correspondence.

To Ihe Editor of the Now Zmlandcr. Sir, — Did i f ever oerur to you what the end will hi of '•urli an influx of miserable rallle fiom New South Wales us wo have ocrn lafr'ly subject to? ]f (lie townspeople think they will have moic berf, or cheaper milk, they will soon find out their mistake. Of wli-it use nre lean cillle, if they cannot be fattcnc.l ? Every blade of nalur>l pasture h now devintred hy these locusts ; and a d.iujirmn told me that he lm to milk fifteen cows now to get the raine (juaiitily ol milk tli.it ci^ht pave him last Spiing. Nonu liuttho'-c who have f-nclorurefi cm now hope to »rin£ a I'cast to a muiketiil>!« condition ; and how many will be j,up« plied thus I need not ealcu'.dc. They may say, go into the inteiior, find out new urns. But this is not a pastoral couuliy ; the land and olimale lire too (joo'l for this ic^ion to ha wasted in cattle »uni. 'i'herc is not to be found enough of poor tracts of open land, where you mny rcc jour stocks for miles, and your Bliccp feeding at a gallop; l>ut the country is too jrpnernlly covered with obsliuetivc vegeta'ion. Do you not believe: us i Then go into the bush yourself. Tiuly yours, lliniicoi.A.