m en , fo u n d th em fo u felefs an d trou b le fom e , th a t h e w a s v e r y g lad t6
lea ve the g rea te ft p a r t o f th em at B a ta v ia H and n ow declared that he
reg re tted e v e r h a v in g re c e iv ed th em o h board. W h e n the fe c ir cum -
ftances ftiould be made p u b lic , it w a s th o u g h t th a t the mailers o f lh ip s
w o u ld n o t b e fo d e firo u s o f r e c ru itin g th e ir lh ip s ’ Companies from
am o n g th e inhab itants o f this c o lo n y :
T h e g ra in called d h o ll, w h ic h h ad been iffued as p art o f th e ration
a t th e rate o f th re e pints p e r man p e r w e e k fince th e ar riv al o f the* A t la
n tic , was difoontimled o n th e 2 3 th , the w h o le o f th a t a r tic le h a v in g
b e en fe rv ed out. I t h ad been fo u n d u fe fu l fo r ftoek.
A t T o o n g a b b e the w o rkm e n w e r e n ow em p lo y ed in conftruCting a
b a rn and g r a n a ry u p on a v e r y e x ten fiv e fcale.
A m o n g th e females w h o died th is month- w a s -on e , a llo u t h e a lth y
y o u n g w om a n , o f th e name o f M a r th a T o d d , w h o cam e o u t in the
M a r y A n n , and fe ll a v ic t im to a d y fen te r ie cftmplaint, w h ic h feized
h e r after d r in k in g to o f r e e ly o f th e p e rn iciou s fp ir its w h ic h h ad been
la te ly in trod u c ed in to th e c o lo n y . T h e fame fate attended James
H a t fie ld , a m an w h o h ad be en lo o k ed u p on as a fober g o od character .
H e w a s on th e p o in t o f o b ta in in g a g ran t o f lan d , and came from Parrama
tta to S y d n e y fo r th e p u rp o fe o f fp e a k in g ab out h is -a llo tm en t,
w h e n , u n fo r tu n a te ly , h e m e t w i th fom e o f h is fr ien d s , and p a r tak in g
in tem p e ra te ly o f th e Am e r ic a n rum , h e w a s fe ized w i th a d y fen te ry ,
w h ic h ca rried h im o f f in a few d ay s . In this w a y m a n y others w e r e
affeCted after d r in k in g , th ro u g h w a n t o f a fufficient llam in a to o v e r com
e th e effeCt o f th e fp irit.
M a r c h .] T h e repairs o f th e Ch e fte r fie ld h a v in g been com ple ted , Ihe
Was on th e p o in t o f p ro c e ed in g to fea, w h e n th e lieu ten an t-g o v e rn o r
p ro p o fed to th e m a ile r fo r th e lum o f 120 I. to ta k e on board a fr e ig h t
o f p ro v ifio n s fo r I^orfolk I l la n d ; w h ic h h e co n fen tin g to , Ihe Was
h au led a lon g fid e th e Ihip from B en g a l, and a ce rtain p ro p o r tio n o f
g ra in w a s p u t in to h e r ; after w h ic h , fu ch fait p ro v ifio n s and llore s as
w e r e in ten d ed to be c o n v e y e d b y h e r w e r e fen t from th e c o lo n y , and
o n th e 10 th Ihe failed fo r N o r fo lk Illand.
I n lie u o f the three pints o f d h o ll, W h ich w e r e n ow d ifcontinued , an
ad d ition al p ou n d o f flo u r Was fe r v e d ; th e c iv il and m ilita ry re c e iv -
At that grave of Europeans the Pitt loft eighteen of her people.
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in g e igh t p ou n d s , and th e co n v ic ts fev en p ounds o f flour p e r w e e k ,
from th e o th ; and in ord er to make a little room in th e llo r e , and that
th e officers m ig h t b e ac commod a ted w ith a better k in d o f flour, th e y
w e re permitted to re c e iv e from th e com m iffary tw o c a lk s o f Am e r ican
flou r ' each , w h ic h w e r e to b e d educted from th e ir ration.
; T h e fh ip from B en g a l, w h ic h w a s manned w i th L a fca rs , h ad no
fo on e r hauled in to the co v e , and opened a com m u n ica tion w i th th e
Ihore, than a p rac tice com m enced am o n g the co n v ic ts o f d ifp o fin g o f
the flops and blankets w h ic h th e y h ad la te ly re c e ived to th e L a fca rs ,
w h o , trem b lin g w i th th e co ld e v en o f this c lim ate , v e r y re ad ily availed
th em fe lv e s o f th e ir p ro p en fity to p a r t w ith - th em ; w h ic h was fo grea t,
th a t it became n e ce ffa ry to p u n ilh w i th fe v e r ity fu ch offenders as w e re
d etected.
O n T u e fd a y th e 1 2th th e fign a l w a s made at th e So u th H e ad , and b y
th e noon o f th e fo llow in g d a y tw o Sp an ilh lh ip s anchored in th e low e r
p art o f the harb our . A n o fficer from one o f th em a r r iv in g at th e
fettlem ent, w e learned that th e y w e r e th e tw o lh ip s o f w h o fe expeCted
a r r iv al in fo rm ation had b e en re c e ived from g o v e rnm en t in th e y e a r
1 7 9 0 ; and to w h om it w a s re com m en d ed th a t e v e r y a ttention Ihould
be paid. T h e y w e r e named the D e fcu v ie r ta and A t r e v id a (the D ifc o -
v e r y and th e Intrep id ) ; th e fo rm e r command ed b y D o n A le x a n d ro
M a la fp in a , w i th a broad p end an t as th e com m an d e r o f th e e x p e d it io n ,
and th e latter b y D o n José de B u llam a n te y G u e r ra . T h e y had been
th re e y e a rs and a h a l f from E u r o p e on a v o y a g e o f d ifc o v e r y and in fo
rm a tion ; and ^were n o w ar riv ed from M a n illa , after a paffage o f
n in e ty - fix days ; to u ch in g in th e ir w a y h ith e r at D u lk y B a y in N ew
Z e a lan d , from w h ic h th e y had failed ab out a fo r tn ig h t .
O n th e ir com in g u p , th e y anchored ju f t abreaft o f th e tw o p oin ts
w h ic h fo rm S y d n e y C o v e , d e c lin in g fa lu tin g , as ity v a s n o t in ou r p ow e r
to return it. T h e fe lh ip s w e r e o f three hun d red and fiv e ton s burd en
each, and we re b u ilt fo r the p ar ticu la r v o y a g e on w h ic h th e y w e r e fent.
G r e a t care was obfervable in th e ir conftruCtion, b o th as to th e ftren g th
■ o f the veffels and th e ac com m od a tion o f th e officers and th e equip age.
T h e y w e r e w e ll manned, and h ad , befid e th e officers cu ftom a ry in
k in g ’ s lhip s , a botanift and lim n e r on board each v effel.
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