p o fle fled a herd o f cattle in the woods t— a he rd w h ic h , i f fuffered to
rem a in und ifturbed fo r fom e y e a r s , w o u ld , like, the cattle o f S o u th
A m e r ic a , a lw a y s p ro v e a m a rk e t fuffic ien t fo r th e inhabitants o f the
c o u n t r y ; and, p erhaps, n o t o n ly fo r th e ir o w n con fum p tion , b u t fo r
exp o r ta tio n . T h e g o v e rn o r faw it in this lig h t , and determined to
gu a rd , as m u ch as w a s 'in h is ,p o w e r , ag ain ft a n y attempts to d e ftro y
them . , H
O n h is re tu rn h e fo u n d fom e v e r y fine g ro u n d at th e b a ck o f
Profpedt H ill . T h e w e a th e r d u r in g th is e x cu r fio n w a s fo in ten fe ly
h o t, th a t one d a y as th e p a r ty paifed th ro u g h a p art o f the co u n t ry
w h ic h was on fire, a te r r ie r d o g died b y th e w a y .
D ifc h a rg in g the fto re - lh ip , fome p art o f th e ca rgo o f w h ic h appeared
to b e in jured b y th e w'eather fhe had m e t w i th , fo rm ed th e p r in c ip al
la b o u r o f th e m on th . O n ac count o f th e fmall num be r o f w o r k in g
m en w h ic h cou ld be g o t to g e th e r , th e g o v e rn o r required tw o able men
to be fen t in fo r this p u rp o fe from each farm having- ten, to be returned
as fo o n as th e p ro v ifio n s w e r e flow e d in th e p u b lic ftore.
I t h a v in g been th e pradtice fo r fom e tim e p a ft to ih o o t fu th hogs
(p urfuan t to an ord er w h ic h th e ir d eftrudtlve qualities h ad rendered
n e ce fla ry in th e lie u ten an t-g o v e rn o r ’ s time) as w e r e fo u n d tre fpa flln g
in gard ens o r cu ltiv a ted g r o u n d s ,'a n d .the lofs o f the animals b e in g
g r e a t ly fe lt b y the ow n e r s , as w e ll 'a s detr imental to th e 'in c r e a fe o f
th a t k in d o f flo c k , th e g o v e rn o r d ire c ted , th a t inftead o f fir in g at th em
w h e n fo u n d tre fp a ffin g, th e y fh ould be tak en to th e p ro v o ft-m a r fh a l,
b y w h om ( i f the d am a ge d one , w h ic h w a s to be afcertained befdre a
m a giftra te , w a s n o t p a id fo r w ith in tw e n ty - fo u r hours) th e y w e r e to
b e d e liv e red to th e com m ifla ry as p u b lic p ro p e r ty , and the damages
paid as fa r as th e v a lu e o f the animal w o u ld admit.
A com b in a tion ap p e ar in g am o n g the la b o u r in g p eo p le to raife the
p rice o f re ap in g fo r a d a y , th e g o v e rn o r , b e in g as d efirous to en coura
g e in d u ftr y as to ch e c k e v e r y attempt at im p o fitio n , th o u g h t it ne c
e fla r y , on com p a r in g ou r ’ s w i th th e p rice u fu a lly paid in E n g lan d ,
to diredt that ten fh illin g s , and n o m ore , Ihould be demanded o f, or
g iv e n b y an y fettler, un d e r p ain o f lo fin g th e aflifiance o f g o v e rn m
en t, fo r re ap in g an acre o f w h e a t. It was m u ch feared that this
o rd e r w o u ld be bu t little attended to ; and that fom e means w o u ld bq
d e y ifed pn b o th fides to e vad e th e le tte r o f it.
W e heard n o th in g o f th e nativ es at the r iv e r ; all w a s q u ie t th e re .
A b o u t this fettlement th e ir atten tion h ad be en fo r fom e tim e en g ro fied
b y B en -n il- lo n g , w h o a r r iv ed w i th th e g o v e rn o r . O n h is fir ft appearance,
h e condudted h im fe lf w i th a p olifh ed fam ilia r ity tow a rd h is
lifte rs and o th e r r e la t io n s ; b u t to h is a cqua in tance h e w a s d iftan t, and
qu ite th e man o f co n feq u en c e . H e de clared , in a ton e and w i th an
air th a t feemed to expe£t com p lian c e , th a t h e Ihould no lo n g e r fuffer
th em to figh t and cu t each o th e r’ s throa ts, as th e y h ad d o n e ; that h e
fh o u ld in trod uce p eac e am o n g th em , and m ak e th em lo v e each other.
H e e x p re fled his w i fh th a t w h e n th e y v ifited h im at G o v e rnm e n t-
h o u fe th e y w o u ld con tr iv e to b e fom ew h a t m ore c le an ly in th e ir
p e r fon s , and lefs co a r fe in th e ir m a n n e r s ; and h e feemed a b fo lu te ly
offended a t fom e little ind elicac ies w h ic h h e o bfe rv ed in his After
C a r - ran g -a r - ran g , w h o cam e in fu ch hafte from B o ta n y B a y , w i th a
little n e p h ew on h e r b a ck , to v iiit h im , th a t fhe le ft all he r hab iliments
b eh in d hey.
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