Page:Letter from James Anderton Hall to his brother, 7 December 1879 04.tif

 started and stole away as quietly as they I was very much  at all Barlow's proceedings in the matter and think he was to  throughout all the affair and I have told him so  are going to live  a  in the  the place at the  he says it is the  place he ever saw and I would not wish to have a better place to live at on the 1st of Dec I and  took a load of things to the creek we are  camped at and when we get back

we found that Barlow was so frightened of the natives that he left his own hut and came without being told and slept in &  about half an hour after he had been in the hut it tool  and the vagabond did not save one single thing all our horse gear was on a pole close to the hut and he let all of them be burnt the native Johny saved one pack & pags the poor old side saddle and one mans old saddle there was willies & clasnes box with dose and all sorts of things