tlement. D u r in g th e ir fta y h e re , th e greateft h a rm o n y fubfifted betw
e en th e feamen o f th e tw o Ihips and ou r p eop le, the la tter in but
f e w inftances e x e r c ifin g th e ir n im ble -fin g e red talents am o n g th em ;
fu ch , h ow e v e r , as did ch o o fe to hazard a d ifp la y , and we re detedled,
w e r e fe v e r e ly p u nilh ed .
A few d a y s b e fo re the fe Ihips le ft us, the Ch e fte r fie ld returned
(after an abfence o f o n ly th ir ty days) from N o r fo lk I llan d , w h e re Ihe
landed fa fe ly e v e r y th in g Ihe had on board fo r th a t fettlement. M r . A l t
an ch ored fo r fom e d ay s in C afcade B a y , w h e r e G o v e rn o r K in g had
conflxudted a w h a r f, and h ad hopes o f m a k in g th e lan d in g more co n v e n
ien t th an could e v e r be p rac ticable at S y d n e y B a y . T h is w a s t ru ly a
defid era tum, as few Ihips had g o n e to this illand w i th o u t h a v in g in th e '
co u r fe o f th e ir fta y eithe r been b low n off", o r been in" fome d anger on
th e Ihore. I t w a s und erfto od th a t fc a r c e ly a n y th in g lefs than a mira
c le could h a v e fay ed the K i t t y from b e in g w r e ck ed on a ro ck ju f t
o f f th e re e f.
T h e m a ile r o f th e S h ah H o rm u z e a r h a v in g laid b e fo re th e lieuten
an t-g o v e rn o r fom e p rop o fals fo r b r in g in g cattle to this c o u n t r y , th e y
w e r e ta k en in to c o n fid e ra tio n ; and as th e in tro d u c in g cattle in to the
c o lo n y w a s a m o i l defirable objeift, and B en g a l had been pointed out
a s the fettlement from w h ic h th e y w e r e to be p rocured , after fome
d a y s a c o n t r a il w a s entered in to b e tw e en M r . B am p ton on his ow n
p a r t, and th e lie u ten an t-g o v e rn o r on b e h a lf o f the c row n , w h e re in it
w a s co v en an ted , th a t M r . B am p ton Ihould fre ig h t at fome p or t in
In d ia a Ihip w i th one h u n d red head o f la rge d raugh t cattle ; one h u n d
red and f if ty tons o f th e b e ll p ro v ifio n rice , and one hun d red and
f i f t y ton s o f d h o ll, b o th articles to be equal in q u a lity to famples then
p rod u c ed and ap p rov ed o f ; and one hun d red ton s o f th e b e ll I r ilh
cu red b e e f o r p o r k ; o r , in lie u o f th e fait p ro v ifio n s , fif t y tons o f
rice . F o r th e cattle, it w a s co v en an ted on th e p art o f th e c row n that
M r . B am p ton Ihould re c e iv e at the rate o f th ir ty - fiv e p ou n d s fte r lin g
p e r head fo r all that he Ihould land in a merchantable con d ition in the
c o l o n y ; fo r the rice he was to be paid tw e n ty - f ix pound s fte r lin g , and
fo r th e d h o ll eighteen pound s fte r lin g , fo r e v e r y merchantable ton
w h ic h Ihould be landed ; and , la ftly , fo r the. fait p rov ifion s h e w a s to
re c e iv e fou r -p en c e h a lfp en n y p e r p ou n d fo r all that Ihould be landed
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in p ro p e r con d ition . In th is c o n t r a il th e re w e r e feveral con d ition s
an d r e ft r iit io n s , and th e m a ile r w a s b ound in on e th ou fan d fiv e h u n dred
p ounds p en a lty to fu lfil them.
T h e lie u ten an t-g o v e rn o r , w i lh in g to fend a fu p p ly to N o r fo lk I llan d
fu ffic ien t to place th a t fettlem ent, as fa r ag depen d ed u p on h im , in a
com fo r table Hate in p o in t o f p ro v ifio n s , en g a g ed th e S h ah H o rm u z e a r
to ca r ry tw o h und red and tw e n ty ton s o f p ro v ifio n s th ith e r fo r the
fum o f 2 2 0 1. ; and the q u a n tity n ow fen t, added to w h a t th e K i t t y and
C h efter field had alread y co n v e y e d , in fu red to G o v e rn o r K in g p ro v ifion
s fo r m ore th an tw e lv e m on th s fo r all h is p eo p le at th e fu ll ration.
M r . B am p ton e n g a g in g th e C h e fte r fie ld to c a r r y fom e p a r t o f thefe
p ro v ifio n s , b o th Ihips b eg an ta k in g th em in , and b y the 19 th had
qu itted th e c o v e , in ten d in g ' to fail th e fo llow in g m o r n in g ; bu t
th e fign a l b e in g made fo r a fail at d a y lig h t , th e y w a ited to fee the
e v en t.
A t th e c lo fe o f th e e v en in g o f the 20 th th e Daedalus fto re lhip
an ch ored in th e c o v e , from th e n o r th -w e ft co a ft o f Am e r ic a . T h e
Daedalus le ft. E n g lan d w i th a c a rg o o f p ro v ifio n s and ftores , co n fift in g
ch ie f ly o f articles o f traffic, fo r th e u fe o f th e v e fle ls u n d e r th e com m
an d o f Captain V a n c o u v e r , w h om Ihe jo in e d at N o o tk a S o u n d on
th e n o r th -w e ft co a ft o f A m e r i c a ; and it w a s d e fign ed th a t Ihe Ih ou ld ,
after d e liv e r in g h e r c a rg o , b e difp atched to th is c o lo n y w i th fu ch fto c k
as Ihe m ig h t b e able to p ro cu re from th e d ifferent iflands w h e re a t Ihe
m ig h t to u ch , and be a fte rw ard s em p lo y ed as th e fe rv ice m ig h t req u ir e ,
Ihould C ap tain V a n c o u v e r n o t m ake a n y ap p lic ation fo r h e r re tu rn ;
w h ic h w a s th o u g h t p rob ab le , as w e l l as th a t h e m ig h t req u ire fom e
affiftance f r om th e c o lo n y .
C ap ta in V a n c o u v e r , a fte r ta k in g o u t as m u ch o f th e ca rg o as co u ld
be re c e ived on board th e -veflels u n d e r h is com m an d , difp atched h e r
a c co rd in g to h is orders, a lth o u g h n o t fo e a r ly as h e co u ld h a v e w i lh e d ,
o w in g to p ar ticu lar c ir cu o ifta n c e s ; and h e w a s n o w o b lig ed to fend
w i th h e r a req u ifitio n fo r the rem a in d e r o f th e p ro y ifio n s apd ftores
b e in g re turned to h im , to g e th e r w i th a ce rta in q u a n tity o f p rov ifion s
from th e c o lo n y ; th e w h o le to b e difp atched from h en ce fo as to jo in
h im eithe r at N o o tk a , or fom e o f th e S a n dw ich I fland s , in th e mon th
o f O c to b e r n e x t .
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