“ B e in g th e fame as are a llow ed h is M a je fty ’ s tro o p s fe r v in g in th e
“ W e ft - In d ia Ifland s, e x c e p tin g o n ly th e a llow an ce o f fpirits.
“ A n d tw o th irds o f th e ab ov e ra tio n w e r e d ire fted to be ilfu ed to
“ e a ch w om an in th e fe ttlem en t.” S o fa r th e g enera l order.
A s , h ow e v e r , a fuffic ient q u a n tity o f r ic e cou ld no t be landed in
tim e to iflue on th e S a tu rd a y , one p ou n d o f m a iz e w a s ilfu ed in lieu o f
the fame q u a n tity o f rice.
A t th is ra tion the rice and flo u r o r fouje e w e r e ca lcula ted to laft fiv e
months ; and th e peafe o r d h o ll fo r n e a r ly a tw e lv em o n th . B u t i f th e
A tla n tic had n o t a r r iv ed , th e prafp ed t in th e c o lo n y w o u ld h a v e b e en
t r u ly d re a ry and d if t r e ffin g ; as it w a s in ten d ed to h a v e ilfued o n ly
One p ou n d and a h a l f o f flou r , thre e p ou n d s o f m a iz e , and tw o p oun d s
o f p o r k p e r w e e k , on S a tu rd a y th e 2 3 d ; a ra tion that w o u ld h a v e der
iv e d v e r y little afliftance f r om v eg e ta ble s , as at th a t fe a fon o f th e y e a r
th e gard ens had fc a r c e ly a n y th in g in them . G lo om y and u n p ro -
m ifin g , h ow e v e r , as w a s th e fituation o f th e lettlements be fo re h e r
a r r iv a l, th a t' e v en t, w h ic h hap pen ed th e v e r y d a y on w h ic h , tw o
y e a r s b e fo re , th e c o lo n y h ad be en re lie v ed b y th e a r r iv al o f th e
J u ftin ian fto re lh ip , c a ll a gle am o f fu n lh in e w h ic h penetrated e v e r y
o n e cap ab le o f re fle c tion , an d , b y e ffe c tin g a fud d en ch an g e in th e
ideas, operated fo p ow e r fu lly on th e m in d , that w e all felt- a lik e , an d
fo u n d it im po ffib le to fit fo r o n e m in u te fe r io u lly d ow n to a n y
b u fin e fs o r ac cuftomed p u r fu it.
A b la ck , th e fame w h o h ad fecreted h im fe lf on board th e S u p p ly
w h e n Ihe w e n t to B a ta v ia , h a v in g fo u n d means to con ceal h im fe lf o n
b o ard th e A tla n tic on h e r departure fo r Ca lcu tta , and to rem ain con cealed
u n til Ihe h ad le ft N o r fo lk Ifland , w a s b ro u g h t b a ck ag a in to the.
fe ttlem en t, n o tw ith fta n d in g h e end eavoured to e fc ap e from th e Chip in
th e G a n g e s . A s it appeared th a t h e had fe rv ed th e term fo r w h ic h
h e w a s fentenced to be tranfported e v en b e fo re h e g o t o f f on board the
A t la n t ic , ( o f w h ic h L ieu ten an t B ow e n h ad o n ly his a ffe r tion ,) n o p u -
n ilhm en t w a s in flicted u p on h im , and h e w a s le ft at lib e r ty to get
aw a y in a n y fh ip that w o u ld re c e iv e h im on board.
T h e little liv e f lo c k th a t w a s re c e ived b y th e A tla n tic w a s land ed at
Parramatta d i r e f t ly after h e r a r r iv a l, and p laced in an in c lo fu re fepa-
rated from th e others.
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