A C C O U N T O 232 F TH E EN G L ISH C O L O N Y ,[1792.
co n v en ien t offices, in th e rea r, an d 'g a rd en g rou n d w a s to be lard o u t
a t the ba ck . T h e i r fitu a tion p rom ifed to be h e a lth y , and it was; certa
in ly p leafan t, b e in g n e a r ly on th e fum m it o f th e h ig h g ro u n d at the
h ead o f the co v e , o v e r lo o k in g th e to w n o f S y d n e y , and th e lh ip p in g
in th e c o v e , and com m an d in g a v iew d ow n th e harb ou r , as w e ll o f
th e fine p iece o f w a te r fo rm in g L o n g Cove," as th a t b ran ch in g o f f to
th e w e f tw a rd at the b a ck o f th e lie u ten an t g o v e rn o r ’ s farm.
T h e fo u n d a tion o f one o f th e buildings, d e fign ed fo r an o ffice r’ s barra
ck h a v in g b e en d u g , and all th e n e ce ffa ry materials b ro u g h t to g e th e r
o n th e fp o t , th e w a lls o f it w e r e g o t u p , and the w h o le b u ild in g ro o fed
an d co v e red in , in e le v en d ays.
T h e i r fitu ation b e in g d ired tly in th e n e ig h b o u rh o od o f th e g rou n d
ap p rop ria ted to th e bu r ial o f th e dead, it became n e ce ffa ry to; choofe
an o th e r fp ot fo r th e latter p u r p o fe ; and. th e g o v e rn o r , j n .com p an y
w i th th e R e v . M r . J o h n fon , fet apart th e g ro u n d fo rm e r ly cu ltiv ated
b y th e late C ap tain S h e a o f th e marines.
S e v e ra l thefts w e r e com m itted at S y d n e y and at Parramatta, from
w h ic h la tte r place thre e male co n v ic ts ab fconded, ta k in g w i th th em
th e p ro v ifio n s o f th e ir huts, in te n d in g ,.it w a s fup pofed , to g e t on
b oard the B r itan nia. R ew a rd s -b e in g c o f fe r e d , fom e ' o f th em w e r e
ta k en in th e w o o d s . I t h ad be en fo u n d , th a t th e m aile rs o f fhips
w o u ld g iv e paffages to fu ch p eop le as co u ld afford to p a y th em from
ten to tw e n ty p oun d s fo r th e fame, and the perpetrators o f fom e o f th e
th e ft s w h ic h w e r e com m itted appeared to h a v e had that cir tum ftan ce
in v ie w , as o n e o r tw o h u ts , w h o fe proprietor s w e re w e ll k n ow n to
h a v e amaffed la rg e fum s o f m o n e y fo r p eop le in th e ir fituations, w e re
b ro k e n in to ; and in one in llan c e th e y fucceeded. O n th e n ig h t o f th e
2 2d th e h u t o f M a r y B u rn e , w id ow o f a man w h o had been em p lo y ed
as a g am e -k ille r , w a s robbed o f dollars to th e am oun t o f e le v en p o u n d s ;
w i th w h ic h th e p illa g e r s g o t off. undifcovered.'
O n th e 30th th e B r itan n ia le ft the co v e , d ro p p in g d ow n b e low
B r a d le y ’ s P o in t, p repa ratory , to .fa ilin g .o n h e r in ten d ed v o y a g e to
D u lk y B a y in N ew Z e a la n d ; ,a n d w h ile e v e r y o n e , w a s rem a rk in g ,
th a t th e co v e (being le ft w ith o u t a Ihip) ag a in lo o k ed fo lita ry and u n c
om fo r ta b le , th e figna l w a s made at th e Sou th H e ad , and at ten o ’ c lo ck
a t n ig h t th e A tla n tic an ch o r ed in th e co v e from N o r fo lk Ifland , w h e re ,