I explained to him that, as plaintiff, this right of course belonged to him, and he thereupon withdrew, followed by his adherents.

At the appointed hour I repaired to the Courthouse and found the natives assembled; the Europeans had not yet arrived.

I called therefore upon Taalwurt for an information, which was as follows: THE ACCUSATION.

ATTEMPTS AT ELOQUENCE.

ADJUDICATION OF THE CASE.
Colony of Western Australia, to wit: The information and complaint of Taalwurt Tdondarup, of Albany, in the said Colony, made before me, George Grey, Esquire, one of H.M.Justices of the Peace in and for the said Colony, the fifteenth day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty.
The said Taalwurt Tdondarup complaineth and saith: "Nganya kype yoor-ril gool-gur, boye bomb-gur." "I in the water carelessly walked along, a stone struck me." But at this point his eloquence totally deserted him, and he was pulled back by his friends, who pushed forward another native, and who stated as follows: Lindoll Mongalung saith: "Wal-bur wat-to Taalwurt: Djanga Taalwurt kyle-gut bomb-gur.
"Taalwurt djanga neyp bomb-gur, kyle-gut Taalwurt neyp bomb-gur: Waum djanga Taalwurt matta boorn boola bomb-gur: Taalwurt yoor-ril watto, waum djunga nar-rail ngob-barn boye koombar bomb-gar." "Along the beach was walking Taalwurt; one of the dead struck him under the ear.