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S om e o f th e fe amen b e lo n g in g to this v e fle l, p re fe r r in g th e pleafures
th e y met w i th in the fo c ie ty o f th e fem a le s and the free c ircu lation o f
fp ir ito u s liq u or s w h ic h th e y fo u n d on fh o re , to a c com p a n y in g M r .
B a rn e t to the n o r th -w e ft coaft o f Am e r ic a , h ad left his veflel fome days
p re v io u s to h e r {ailing. A p p lic a tio n b e in g made to th e lieutenant-
g o v e rn o r , feveral orders w e r e g iv e n o u t calculated to in d u ce them to
re tu rn to th e ir d u ty , in fo rm in g th em , th a t i f th e y remained behind
th e y w o u ld be c e r ta in ly fen t to hard la b o u r , and the perfons w h o had
harb ou red th em fe v e r e ly p u n ilh ed . B u t ou r fettlements had n ow becom
e fb e x ten fiv e , th a t orders did no t fo re ad ily find th e ir w a y to the
fe ttle rs , as ru n aw a y s and v ag ran ts , w h o n e v e r failed o f fin d in g em p lo y m
en t am o n g th em , p a r ticu la r ly am o n g th o fe at th e r iv e r .
O n th e 8th a farm o f fiv e -a n d - tw e a ty acres o f g ro u n d in th e diftridt
o f C o n c o rd w a s fold b y p u b lic a u d t io a fo r thir teen pounds. F o u r acres
w e r e p lanted w i th In d ian c o rn , and h a l f an acre w i th potatoes ; there
w a s b e fid e a tolerable h u t on the premifes. T h is fa rm w a s th e prop
e r ty o f S am u e l C ran e , a fold ier, w h o , too in d u ftr iou fly fo r h im fe lf,
w o r k in g on it o n th e S u n d a y p re ced in g his d eath, re c e ived a h u r t from
a tree w h ic h fe ll u p on h im , an d p ro v ed fatal.
E v e r y p rep a ration fo r ac com m od a tin g the lie u ten an t-g o v e rn o r and
h is fam ily b e in g com ple ted on board th e Daedalus, h e embarked in
th e e v en in g o f th e 1 5 th . P re v io u s to his departure, fu ch co n v i& s
as w e r e at that tim e confined in the ce lls, o r w h o w e r e u n d e r orders
fo r p u n ifhm en t, w e r e releafed ; lè v e ra i grants o f lands w e r e fign ed ,
c o n v e y in g ch ie fly fmall allotments o f fiv e -an d - tw en ty acres each to fuch
fo ld ie rs o f th e re g im en t as. w e r e defirous o f, and made ap p lication fo r
th a t favour^ and fom e leafes o f tow n lots w e r e g iv e n .
W i th the lie u ten an t-g ov e rn o r w en t M r . W h ite , th e p r in c ip al furgeùn
o f the c o lo n y ; M r . B a in , the ch aplain , in wbofe ab fence the R e v .
M r . M a r fd en w a s to d o h is d u t y ; M r . L a in g , afliftant-furgeon o f the
feu lem en t, and mate o f th e N e w S o u th W a le s corp s ; three foldiers •
tw o w om en , and n in e men. T h e m a ile r o f th e tranfp ort h ad p e r-
m ilfio n to lh ip tw e lv e m en an d tw o w om en , w h o fe fentences o f
ix an lp o r ta tio n had e xpired .
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