T h e co n v ic t s at Parramatta w e r e em p lo y ed in o p en in g fom e g ro u n d
ab ou t a m ile and a h a l f a b o v e th a t fettlem ent, a lon g the fo u th fid e o f
th e c r e e k ; and it w a s e x p e c te d from th e ex e r tion s w h ic h th e y w e re
m a k in g , th a t b e tw e en fo r ty and f ifty acres w o u ld be foon re a d y fo r
lo w in g w i th In d ian co rn fo r this feafon. T h e i r labou r was direc ted b y
T h om a s D a v e n e y , a fre e p e r fon w h o came o u t w i th the g o v e rno r .
C H A P . X I V .
THE SALAMANDER SAILS FOR, AND THE MARY ANN ARRIVES FROM NORFOLK
ISLAND.---BONDEL, A NATIVE, RETURNS.—A SEAMAN, FOR SINKING
A CANOE, PUNISHED.---THE GORGON ARRIVES.---COMMISSION. OF
EMANCIPATION, AND PUBLIC SEAL.---THE ACTIVE AND QUEEN ARRIVE.---
COMPLAINTS AGAINST THE MASTER OF THE QUEENii-SUPPLY ORDERED
Home.—albemarle arrives.—mutiny on board.---Britannia and
ADMIRAL BARRINGTON ARRIVE.---FUTURE DESTINATION OF THE TRANSPORTS.
THE ATLANTIC AND QUEEN HIRED__ATLANTIC SAILS FOR BENGAL.—
SALAMANDER RETURNS FROM NORFOLK ISLAND.—TRANSACTIONS^
—PUBLIC WORKS.—SUICIDE.
S ep tem b e r .] I t b e cam e n e ce ffa ry to land the ca rgo b r o u g h t ou t in
th e Sa lamand e r, fo r th e p urpofe o f r e - ftow in g it in-a m an n e r con v en ien t
fo r g e t tin g it out at N o r fo lk Ifland w h ile th e fliip w a s u n d e r fail. T h e .
g re a t in c o n v e n ie n c e atten d in g lan d in g a ca rgo in fuch a fituation had
be en p o in ted o u t in letters w h ic h could n o t y e t h a v e been attended to.
I t w a s at th e fame tim e fu g g e fted , that lh ip s fh ou ld be fre igh ted p u r -
p o fe ly fo r N o r fo lk Iflan d , w i th ca lk s and bales adapted to th e fize o f
th e ifland boats, w h ic h w o u ld in a g rea t meafure leffen the in c o n v en ien
c e ab ov e mentioned .
O n th e 3 d , near tw o hundred male co n v ic t s , w i th a ferjeant’ s p a r ty
■ o f th e N e w S o u th W a le s corps, fom e ftores and p ro v ifio n s , h a v in g been
p u t on board th e Salamander, lire failed fo r N o r fo lk Ifland th e fo llow in
g m o rn in g : and th e 'M a r y A n n returned from th a t fettlement on th e
8 th , h a v in g been abfent o n ly fo u r w e ek s and tw o d ays. T h e co n v ic ts ,
-troops,
t r o o p s , ftores, and p ro v ifio n s w e r e all landed fa fe ly ; but an u n e x p e c te d
fu r f r ifin g at th e b a ck o f th e re e f, fillin g th e o n ly boat (a G re en la n d
w h a le -b o a t) w h ic h th e matter to o k w ith h im , The w a s dafhed u p on the
re e f, and fto v e ; th e p e o p le , w h o all b e lon g ed to th e w h a le r , fo r tu n a te ly
fay ed th em fe lv e s b y fw im m in g .
. F rom N o r fo lk Ifland . w e .learned, th a t th e .crops o f w h e a t th en in th e
g ro u n d promifed w e ll, h a v in g be en fow n a m on th ear lier th an th o fe o f
th e laft feafon. O f the public' g ro u n d n in e ty acres w e r e in w h e a t, and
on e h und red in I n d ia n co rn o f the. g ro u n d cleared b y the c o n v ia s ,
and cu ltiv a ted b y th em fe lv e s fo r th e ir o w n main ten an ce , th e re w e r e
n o t lefs, at th e departure o f the tran fp or t, than tw o h u n d red and
fifty , acres.
B o n d e l, a n a tiv e b o y , w h o w e n t th ith e r w i th C ap tain H i l l , to w h om
h e w a s attached, in th e m o n th o f M a r ch la ft, came b a ck b y th is
c o n v e y a n c e to h is friend s and relations at P o r t J a ck fon . D u r in g his
re fid en c e on th e Ifland , w h ic h M r . M o n ro e faid h e quitted re lu c ta n tly ,
h e . feemed to h a v e .g a in ed fom e fmattering, o f o u r la n g u a g e , ce rtain
w o rd s o f w h ic h h e o ce a fio n a lly blend ed w i th h is ow n .
S om e p rifone rs h a v in g be en Tent from N o r fo lk Ifland , th e cr im in al
c o u r t w a s affembled o n th e 1 3 th fo r th e tr ial o f one o f th em fo r a cap
ita l offence com m itted th e re ; b u t fo r w a n t o f fuffic ient e v id en ce h e
w a s acquitted . G r e a t in c o n v en ien c e w a s e xp e r ien c ed from h a v in g to
fen d p rifoners from th a t ifland w i th all the n e ce ffa ry witneffes. In
th e cafe ju f t m en tion ed the p ro fe cu to r w a s a fettler, w h o b e in g o b lig ed
to lea ve his fa rm fo r th e tim e , th e bufinefs o f w h ic h w a s n e ce ffa r ily
fu fp en ded u n til h e co u ld re tu rn , w a s ruin ed : and one o f the witn e ffe s
w a s in n e a r ly th e fame fituation-. B u t as th e courts in N e w S o u th
W a le s w o u ld a lw a y s be th e fu p e r io r co u r ts , it w a s n o t e a fy to d ifco v e r
a rem ed y fo r the fe inconveniences..
A feaman o f one o f th e tranfports h a v in g be en c le a r ly p ro v e d to h a v e
w a n to n ly fu n k a canoe b e lon g in g ; to a n a t iv e , w h o h ad been p ad d lin g
roun d th e Ihip, and at laft v en tu red on bo ard, h e w a s ordered to b e
p u n ilh ed , and to g iv e th e n ativ e a com p le te fu it o f Wearing apparel, as
a fa tis fa& ion fo r the in ju r y h e had done h im , as w e l l as to in d u ce h im
to abandon a n y defign o f re v en g e w h ic h h e m ig h t h a v e fo rm ed. T h e
co rp o ral p u n ilhm en t was h ow e v e r afterwards rem itted , and th e fea -
A a man