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^ J'ohn Freeman? was» tried; for ftealiflg from another 1788.
béflvié|-ifevem pounds .aföflba*. '5. H& watfr'com»£ed, and • A A ***'1'
féntehceddto b e hanged.; but1 whilemndee-the- ladder, with
thé röp'e' about: his neck,; he:J was.offered^J his 1 ftee*
•ohr: condition of performing the diityofi thfe coihmon exè-
cutioneri as lohgiras' he remained in'-thisi country; which,
aften fame - little." paufe;) he^ Eéludantlyi^cEepted1.: William
Sheërman, his- :accomplice,t\vas-’ fehtenced* to received on his
bare' back, ;!mthirarcat-o’nine-tails, three hundred ladies,
which Were: infliéted.
K New Holland\£ujfowary was brought into camp. This
bird *fl:ands‘ feVen.'feet'high,il'meafuring from'the ground'to
the upper -part"of the head,, and, in:every 'refped,' is
xhuch larger^ than ‘X^^'co'tnMoft Caffowcwy offalL authors, and
differs’ fo’ much therefrom, in its form,', as: tdvcleafly. prove
it ‘a. new "fpocids.: The'3colour- of the-plumage is.-greatly
fimilar, confffting'tof a mixture -of dirty brown and grey;
on, the belly it was’ fomewhat .whiter; • and? theerfemarkable
ftrüöure of the feathers, • inf having two quills with their
^?ebs,j hriiing out o f ' ope rfhaft, is' feen in: tHisi'as-Well %s? the
common fort. | "It differs; materiallyi in wanting the' horny
appendage - on-the topdof the head. -The head, and beak
S are