4« 8 ACCOUNT OP THE ENGLISH COLONY ( i 79S.
“was not p oflib le the fh ou ld k h o w his features. T h u s difficult w a s it
to o o ften fo u n d to b r in g th e fe p eop le to ju ftio e .
O n th e 24 th h is M a je f ty ’s ftiip S u p p ly failed fo r N o r fo lk Illand .
T h e patent fo r h o ld in g c r im in a l courts th e re , w h ic h w a s b ro u g h t
h ith e r b y th e C o rnw a llis , w a s fen t b y th is c o n v e y a n c e , to g e th e r w ith
R . S u tto n (the N ew g a te B u l ly ) and fom e o th e r v e r y bad characters,
w h o , it w a s n o t u n lik e ly , w o u ld fo on en title th em fe lv e s to the benefit
o f the patent w h ic h a c companied th em .
H o g s ag a in b e c am e fu ch a p u b lic n u ifan c e , b y ru n n in g lo o fe in the
tow n w i th o u t r in g s o r y o k e s , th a t an o th e r ord e r r e fp e& in g th em was
g iv e n o u t, d ire c tin g ’th e ow n e rs e ither to fliu t th em u p , o r ap p oint
th em to b e w a tch ed w h e n at large.
R e p o r ts w e r e ag a in re c e iv e d th is m on th o f fre lh outrages com m
itted b y th e natives at th e r iv e r . T h e fcho on e r w h ic h h ad be en
fen t ro u n d w i th p roV ificn s faw foftie o f the fe p eop le o f f a h ig h p o in t
o f land named P ortland H e a d , w h o menaced th em w i th th e ir fpears,
and carried in th e ir ap p earance e v e r y m a rk o f h o ftility . T h e g o v
e rn o r b e in g at th is tim e o n an e x cu r fio n to that fettlement (b y
w a te r ) , on e o f h is p a r t y landed on th e ffiore o p p ofite P ortland H e a d ,
and faw at a fh o r t diftanee a la rg e b o d y o f , na tiv e s, w h o h e u n d e r -
fto od h ad aflembled fo r th e p u rp o fe o f b u rn in g th e eojjpfe o f a man
w h o had b e eh k il le d in fom e con te ft am o n g themfelv es.
A b o u t th is time B e n n illo n g , w h o o c c a fio n a lly fh o o k o f f th e hab its
o f c iv iliz e d life , and w en t 'fo r a few d a y s in to the w o o d s w i th h is
filte rs a n d o th e r fr ie n d s , fent in w o rd that h e : h ad had a .conteft w i th
h is b o fom fr ie n d C o le -b e , in w h ic h h e h ad been fo m u ch th e fu ffe re r ,
th a t u n til h is w o u n d s Were healed h e Could n o t w i th a n y p leafure
-to h im fe lf appear at th e g o v e rn o r ’ s table. T h is n o tification w a s accom
p an ied w i th a requ e ft, that his c lo th e s , w h ic h h e 'had le ft b eh in d
h im w h e n h e w e n t a w a y , m ig h t be fen t h im , to g e th e r w i th fom e
v ic tu a ls , o f w h ic h h e w a s m u ch in want.
O n h is 'c om in g am o n g us a g a in , h e appeared w i th a w o u n d on his-
m ou th , w h ic h had d iv id ed th e u p p e r lip and b ro k e tw o o f th e teeth
o f th a t ja w . H is fea tures, n e v e r v e r y p le a fin g , n ow fe em ed ou t o f
a ll p ro p o r tio n , and h is p ron u n c ia tio n w a s m u ch a lte red . B in d in g
h im fe lf b a d ly re c e ived am o rlg th e fem ale s, (alth ou gh im p rov ed b y h is
travels
March.] IN N E W S O U T H W A L E S . 4<?9
trav els in th e little atten tion s .th a t are fu p p o fed to h a v e th e ir w e ig h t
w ith th e hex,), and n o t b e in g able to .endure a life o f ce lib a cy , w h ic h
h a d ’ been his co n d ition from th e d a y o f h is departure from this c o u n t r y
un til n e a r ly th e p refent h o u r , h e mad e an atta ck upon .his f r ie n d ’ s
fa v o u r ite , B o o -re e -a , in w h ic h h e w a s n o t o n ly u n fu c c e fs fu l, b u t was
p u a ilh e d fo r his b rea ch ,o f fr ien d lh ip , as a b o v e related , b y Cole-,be,
w h o farca ftically- afk.ed h im , “ i f h e m eant th a t k in d o f conduCt to be
“ a fp.ecimen o f E n g lilh manners.?”
T h e Ceres, h a v in g been d ifcha rged fr om ,g o v e rnm e n t 'em p lo y , failed
in the. b e g in n in g o f th e mon th fo r C anton. B e in g w e ll m an n ed , the
matter w a s n o t in w a n t o f a n y hands f jom this p la c e ,; b u t:,e igh t co n v
ic t s fo u n d means to- fec rete th em fe lv e s on board a d a y o r tw o .before
the failed. T h e y w e r e h ow e v e r , b y th e grea t v ig ila n c e o f M r . H e d -
le y , d ifcov e red in time to be fen t b a c k .to ,th?ir labour. A m o n g th em
w e w e r e no t furp rifed to find tw o o r three o f the laft im p o r tation from.
Ireland .
W e lo ft fo u r perfons b y death d u r in g th is m on th . O n th e 6 th died
o f a fev ere d y fen te r y , R i c h a r d :H u d fo n , th e ie r je a n t -m a jo r o f th e -N ew
S o u th W a le s .corps. A t three in th e m o rn in g o f th e ->i<6th M r . J o fep h
.Gerald breathed h i s .la f t . A - c o n fum p t io n : -w h ic h ac com panied h im
from E n g lan d , -and w h ic h -a ll h is with e s and efforts to ib a k c oft" cou ld
n o t o v e rcom e , at len g th b ro u g h t h im to th a t p eriod w h e n , p erhap s,
h is ftro n g en lighten ed m ind m u ft h a v e p e rce iv ed h o w fu l l o f v a n it y
and v e x a tio n o f fp irit w e re th e b u fie ft concerns o f th is w o r ld ; and.
in to w h a t a n a r row lim it was n ow to be th ru ft that .fram e w h ic h but
o f late trod firm ly in the w a lk o f life , elate and g lo w in g w i th y o u th fu
l h o p e , g lo r y in g in b e in g a m a r ty r - to the caufe w h ic h h e termed
that o f .F re e d om , and co n fid e r in g as an h o n o u r th a t e x ile w h ic h
b ro u g h t h im to an u n tim e ly g r a v e * . H e w a s fo llow e d in thre e d a y s
after b y ano the r v ic t im to miftaken opin ion s* M r , W il liam S k ir v in g .
A d y fen te ry was the apparent .c a u fe , o f J i i s d eath, jh jjt his sjipart. was
bro ken. In th e h o pe ,o f re c e iv in g rem ittan c e s ',f r om .E n g la n d , w h ich
m ig h t enable h im to p roceed w ith , fp ir it a n d , fuc.cefs in fa rm in g , o f
* He was buried in'the garden of a -little fpot of ground which he had purchafed at
harm Cove. Mr, F..I’atmer, -we underftood,' had written his epitaph atlarge.
7 w h ich .