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P O R T L A N D.
The Guardian, thus joins in general lamenta-
tion —"O the Diggings '.—Our little settlement
could boast a short time ago of a crowd of inhab-
itants, which are now either absolutely lost to us,
or of whose return much uncertainty is felt. For in-
stance, we had four bakers, now we have two, one
of whom is on the wing for the diggings ; about
twelve shoemakers, now not a single cobbler to mend
a shoe ; a stringybark forest full of sawyers and
splitters, now not a soul to wield an axe or shake a
saw in that locality; with one or two exceptions,
all the carpenters, builders, and cabinetmakers have
either left, or are finishing their work to migrate
to the diggings ; three blacksmiths out of five have
left for the diggings, the rest are to follow; only
one wheelwright is left; the brickmakers have not
left one of their trade ; out of three medical gents,
one only is spared to us; of three public school
masters two are on the road to the diggings ; tailors
have sped their way to the diggings ; our tin-plate
workers, are gone to the diggings ; printers are
leaving for the diggings ; woolsorters have left for
the diggings ; the brewer is off to the diggings :our
birdstuffer has gone to the diggings ; musicians have
danced to the diggings; two petty, out of seven, con-
stables have not gone, but the five have sloped to
the diggings. As to the number of servants, labou-
rers, and persons not to be readily classified, who
have left to make an easy and rapid fortune at the
diggings, we should have to mention every family
and every house iu the settlement to name those who
have in this case taken themselves off to the dig-
gings."
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