P P H I T:E ? s ; J 0 U R \ ^ A L ; 0 F : A
the men of war, flipped at the governor’s, .where they terrai-'
anted the day iiipjleafa^try, gpbd^ujmour and.cheeifulndfs^^î
.T h e next morning we were aftonifhed, at'the number of
thefts w^iich had been .committed, ‘ during thé general fefti-
vity, „ by' the vlllandns part ypf the-(convii&ss qn one another
and on. fome of the officers, whofe fervants did not kfeep. a-
ftriâb lpok-out after their marquées.-.Availing themfelyes thus*
of.the particular circumflanGës of the day, is a ffcrong inftance
of their unabàted depravity and want of principleis :j.%grçelÿ:
a day paffes without an,,example being made " of -fpmé^nhâ
or other o|^thefe; wretches but it deems to have no;manrier ■
of effe£t upon them...
£ i-Qth. John Afcott, and, Patrick.- Burn, | tWj© ; con v ié^
were brought before-, the .criminal- court^and prosecuted by-
Lieut/enant(G. .Wiflrani; Maxwell of ,the.?Siriusy and Mr.
Kelter the Matter, of the fame ihip^'for haying, a dey^nights,
before, . in a riotous manner, with mâtoÿ more o f the corvids,
attacked fpipe feamen belonging, tog the ' men idf war,; :
and behaving in ' an infolent and contemptuous manner to*,
them.’ After .a -long and judicious hearing,, the prifpixfisi
were acquitted, as the charge brought againft them£was by.
no means fubftantiated.
V O Y A CKÈOTO J,NîB;WMS Ô U T H s jWaA L E SI
26th. About .four} in t h t;a^ft^bdon ?a flight fho'ck of
an earthquake ly ayrfidf-£^,§1Sidney ,Cdve, and its" enyirons.
This inpidejntfhad;fo: wonderful» a^-e^ecto^|Edward Corbett,
a conviSt, s ' who*.’had*,%lpped, abbut three iydeks before, bn 'a.
difcoyery being‘made' of his having' ttoleh % %c^,> that Jie‘1
“'4eturnedT;an'd gave himfelif. up) tc^ju'$id®S fit fe^days apte-J
cedant tq. bistre turm," ;hebkad bebnKbutlawedif; ^ and1 was fup-
pofed^tq haye y^driven'^d^ with* him yldtr^Qo^s, the only
anim-a-l^pf this- kind in 1 This|tah|oweyer, he
declared himfelf innocent o f (Biit cp©||p|fgdh)s’-hav-ing cOm-
mitted^the' theft .laid jto his chfdgev. ,,^he flridtefh featch
was made, but in vain^after;the»^cows. Itfi^^robaJjief'
-tha.t they have ft ray ed-fd far off in thisfendlefs^fVyiM, as; to
bf! urtecbyerablylJefi. Preyioufly tofj the ]||^t%rn o f .Cbrbett-
hd muff hayAfuffe'red -‘very; fe'Verely t fb3in/hunger ; h is s e s -
wbrp funk into- has hea.d," ."and;his'vyfac^tapp^afradcd fhewed*
that he had be'en | half 5 ftarved-. While be,-was, abfent,- he.
fays/ he frequently, fell, an "with th^natiVdss ^whof though
they never treated him ill, did not f e em d ik d | | l s com -’
pany.. He informed us, »that in, aXrb^adjacepfe t k ‘J that
Where the governor- and. his-party had met-with fa man'y[p£ '
the natives,; he faw;, the-;liead, of ^ e i-.pif,the:,edhvi<5ts lying- neac