th a t a p lan w a s fo rm ed to p lu n d e r h im the firft tim e that he fh e u ld
h a v e a fum w o r th y o f th e ir attention. H e w a s a c co rd in g ly fu rroun d ed
w h e n en gag ed at p la y , b y a p a r ty w h o , w a tc h in g th e ir o p p o r tu n ity ,
rufhed u p on h im w h e n h e had w o n a fla k e o f fiv e -an d - tw en ty dollars,
an d , in th e co n fu fio n that en fu ed , fecured th e w h o le . H e wa s , h o w e
v e r , fo rtuna te en o u g h to fe ize on e o f th em , w ith ten o f the dollars in
his hand, but w a s no t able to re c o v e r a n y more. T h e man w h om he
fecured p ro v ed to be Samu e l W r ig h t , w h o in th e mon th o f J u ly laft
h ad be en rep r ie v ed at the fo o t o f th e g a l lo w s ; fo fo on h ad h e fo r g
o tten th e ter ror o f that m oment. O n this c ircum ftan ce b e in g reported
to th e lie u ten an t-g o v e rn o r , W r ig h t re c e ived an im mediate corporal
p unifhmen t.
M ‘K o y , th e ove rfe e r , confeffed th a t g am in g had been fo r m an y
yea rs his p rofe ffion and fubfiftence, th o u g h b o rn o f h one ft and rep utable
p a r e n t s ; and h e - a ckn ow led g ed , th a t but fo r his p u r fu it o f that
v ic e h e fh o u ld n e v e r h a v e v ifited this c o u n t ry in th e fituation o f a
co n v ic t.
A b etter p r in c ip le fh ew ed it fe lf fh o r t ly after in C a - ru -e y , a n ativ e
y o u th , w h o , f r o m , lo n g refid ence am o n g us, h ad contrac ted fom e o f
o u r diftinCtions b e tw e en g o o d and ill. B e in g fifh in g one m ornin g in
h is can o e n ear the lieu ten an t-g ov e rn o r ’ s fa rm , h e p e rce iv ed fom e c o n -
vidts g a th e r in g and fe c re tin g th e In d ian corn w h ic h g r ew th e re ; and,
k n o w in g th a t adts o f th a t n atu re w e r e a lw a y s p u n ifh ed , he in ftan tly
came to th e fettlement, and g a v e an a c cou n t o f jwhat h e had feen, in
tim e to fe cure th e offenders on th e fp o t, w i th th e co rn in th e ir p of-
feffion. „
A s h e made n o fecret o f w h a t he had d one , it w a s apprehended that
fom e re v en g e m ig h t, i f th e y w e r e p u n ifh ed , be lev elled at h im on a
fu tu r e o p p o r tu n ity , th e y w e r e the re fo re p a rd o n e d ; but C a - ru -e y was
n e ve rthelefs applauded and recomp enfed fo r h is attention and h o n e fty .
A m o n g o th e r articles o f in fo rm a tion re ce ived b y the W illiam , w e
w e r e affured, th a t it had been in d u ftr iou fly circulated in E n g lan d , th a t
th e re w a s not in this c o u n t r y eithe r grafs fo r g ram in ivo rou s animals,
o r vegetables fo r th e ufe o f man. T h is rep or t wa s , h ow e v e r , rather
fo r c ib ly contradidted b y th e abundant increafe o f all defcr iptions o f
liv e f lo c k at this time in the c o lo n y , and b y the p le n ty w h ic h was to
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be fo u n d in e v e r y g a rd en , w h e th e r cu ltiv a ted b y th e officer o r b y th e
co n v ic t . A lin k in g inftanee o f this p le n ty oc cu r red at Parramatta a
few d a y s b efore th e arrival o f the fto re fh ip , w h e n f ix tons and tw o
h u n d red w e ig h t o f potatoes w e r e ga thered as th e p rod uce o f o n ly
th re e quarters o f an acre o f g roun d . F rom th e th en red uced ftate o f
th e ftores, th e y w e r e fo ld fo r f if ty pounds.
M u t to n was fo ld in this mon th fo r one Hulling and n in e -p en c e p e r
p ou n d .
A p r il .] In th e fo ren o o n o f T h u r fd a y th e 3d o f A p r i l , th e fign a l
w a s made at the Sou th -h ead fo r a fa il, and ab out fo u r o ’ c lo c k th e
Daedalus fto re fhip an ch ored in th e co v e from th e n o r th -w e ft coaft o f
A m e r i c a ; b u t laft from O w h y h e e , one o f the S a n dw ich Iflands, from
w h ic h place fh e failed on th e 8th d a y o f F e b ru a ry laft.
L ie u ten an t H a n fo n , o n h is a r r iv al a t N o o tk a So u n d the 8th o f laft
O c to b e r , fo u n d o n ly a letter from C ap tain V a n c o u v e r , d ire c tin g h im
to fo llow th e D i fc o v e r y to an o th e r p o r t ; b e tw e en w h ic h and N o o tk a
h e fo r tu n a te ly m e t w i th h e r and th e C h ath am , and w a s a fte rw ard s
o b lig e d to p roceed w i th them to th e S a n dw ich Iflands, b e fo re C ap tain
V a n c o u v e r could take ou t o f th e Dsedalus th e ftores w h ic h w e r e c o n -
fig n e d to h is cha rge. T h e harb ou r o f N o o tk a w a s ftill in th e hands
o f th e Spaniards, and fom e je a lo u fy on th e ir p a r t p re ven ted th e
d e liv e r y o f th e ftores from th e ve ffe l in a n y o f th e S p an ilh p orts on
th e coaft.
M r . H an fo n w a s in fo rm ed , th a t th re e nativ es o f W h a h o o (the
iflan d w h e re a t h is p red eceffor in th e Daedalus, L ie u ten an t H e rg e ft ,
w i th th e aftron om e r, M r . G o o t c h , and th e feaman w e r e k illed ,) h ad
be en d e liv e red u p b y the c h ie f o f th e iflan d to C ap ta in V a n c o u v e r ,
fo r th e p u rp o fe o f b e in g offered as an e x p ia to r y fac rifice fo r tho fe
murders ; and th a t th e y w e r e a c c o rd in g ly , after rem a in in g fom e fh o r t
tim e on board th e D ifc o v e r y , taken o n e b y one in to a can o e , and p ut
t o death alon g fid e th a t fh ip b y o n e o f th e ir chie fs. A p ifto l w a s th e
in ftrum en t made ufe o f o n th is o c c a fio n , w h ic h c e r ta in ly w a s as e x tra
o rd in a ry as u n exp e c ted .
T h e grea t a c com m od a tion w h ic h tho fe ifland s p ro v e d to fhips tradin
g on the n o r th -w e ft co a ft o f Am e r ic a rend ered it a b fo lu te ly n e ce f-
fa r y , th a t th e inhabitants fh o u ld be made to und erftand th a t w e n e v e r
3 a w o u ld