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o f meat and one p oun d o f r i c e ; arid each child a qua rter o f a p o u n d
o f meat and h a l f a p ou n d o f rice. A n d to m ake it a ch ea rful’ d a y to
e v e r y o n e , all offenders w h o had fo r d e a lin g Ind ian co rn been ordered
to w e a r iron collars w e r e pardoned.
T h e tow n w h ic h had been mark ed put at R o fe H i l l , and w h ic h n o w
w o r e fom e th in g o f a re gu la r appearance, on th is o cc a fio n re c e iv ed its
name. T h e g o v e rn o r called it Par-ra-mat-ta , b e in g th e nam e b y w h ic h
th e natives d iftin gu ifh ed th e p a r t o f th e c o u n t r y o n w h ic h th e to w n
flo o d . . _
N o tw ith fta n d in g th e le n ity arid in d u lg en c e w h ic h h ad b e en fh ew n
o n his m a je fty ’ s b ir th -d a y , in p a rd o n in g th e p lun d e re rs o f gard ens and
th e p u b lic g rou n d s , and b y iffu in g an e x tra a llow a n ce o f p ro v ifio n s to
e v e r y o n e , th e g o v e rn o r ’ s g a rd en at Pa rrama tta w a s th a t v e r y n ig h t
entered and robbed b y f ix m en , w h o affaulted th e w a tchm a n (T h om a s
O c ra ft ) and w o u ld h a v e efcaped all to g e th e r , had h e n o t , w i th m u ch
re fo lu tio n , fecured th re e o f th em fo r p u n ifhm en t.
In d u lg en ce s o f th is nature w e r e c e r ta in ly th row n aw a y u p on m a n y
w h o p a r to o k o f th em ; but as it w a s impoffible to d ifc r im in a te fo
n ic e ly b e tw e en th e g o od and th e bad as w h o l ly to e x c lu d e th e u n d e -
fe rv in g , no diftindHon. could be made.
T h e p eop le w h o h ad affaulted th e w a tchm a n w e r e fe v e r e ly p u n ifh e d ,
as h is a u th o r ity could n e v e r h a v e b e en fu p p o r ted w i th o u t fu c h an e x am
p le ; but. eithe r h is v ig ila n c e , o r th e cou n ten an ce w h ic h w a s
ih ew n to h im on a c cou n t o f h is f t r i f t p e r form an ce o f h is d u ty , created
h im m an y en em ie s ; and it became nec.effary to g iv e h im a rm s , as we t!
fo r h is ow n d e fen ce , as fo r th e m ore e ffe& u a l p ro te ft io n o f th e d ift r i&
h e w a tc h e d o v e r . S om e n ig h ts after, in a tu rn ip g ro u n d at Parrama tta ,
h e was o b lig ed to fire at a c o n v ic t , w h om h e w o u n d e d , b u t n o t d an -
g e ro u fly , and fecured. H e w a s fen t d ow n to th e h o fp ita l a t S y d n e y .
Since th e e fla b lifhm en t o f th a t fam ilia r in te r co u r fe w h ic h n ow fu b -
fifted be tw e en us and the nativ e s, fe v e ra l o f th em had fo u n d it th e ir
in te re ft to fell o r e x ch a n g e fifh am o n g th e p eo p le at P a r ram a tta ;
th e y b e in g contented to re c e iv e a fmall q u a n tity o f eithe r b re ad o r fait
m e at in barter fo r m u lle t,, b ream , and o th e r fifh. T o the officers w h o
refided th e re .th is p rov ed a grea t co n v en ien ce , and th e y en cou ra g ed th e
n a tiv e s to v if it th em as o ften as th e y cou ld b r in g th em fifh. T h e r e
w e r e ,