£179«.
o f th e bale from o n board th e E x p e r im en t w a s an additional in ftan ce
o f th e man a gemen t and a b ility d ifp la y ed b y ou r p eop le in c o n d u f t in g
an affair o f th a t k in d .
F rom th is re c ap itu la tion o f fom e o f th e offences w h ic h had been
com m itted on board o f fhips w h ile r id in g in this co v e , (to w h ic h m an y
others m ig h t h a v e been added,) le t th e matters o f th o le w h ic h m a y
he re afte r be fen t out, and w h o m a y h a v e p erufed this a c cou n t, be
cautious w h o th e y re c e iv e on board d u r in g th e d a y , le t th e ir p re tex t
o f bufinefs, o r c om in g from an officer, be w h a t it m a y ; n e v e r fh ou ld
th e y be fuffered to m ix w i th th e ir feamen, n o r to fe e w h e re th e ttores
o f th e fh ip are p la c e d ; n o r fh o u ld a b o a t be e v e r p e rm itted to com e
a lon g fid e d u r in g the n ig h t, e x c e p t w i th o r fo r an officer, w h ic h m ig h t
fome tim e s u n a v o id ab ly h ap p en ; and in th a t cafe the p eop le fh ould n o t
b e allow ed to com e in to th e fhip . T h e matters o f fhips w e r e lo n g
fin c e fo rb id d en to re c e iv e a n y c o n v i f t on board w ith o u t a pafs figned
b y th e ju d g e -a d v o c a te , w h o , from h is official fitu a tion , w a s the beft
qua lified to k n o w th e ch a r a d e r o f tho fe w h o m ig h t a p p ly ; b u t the
d eck s o f fhips w e re o ften filled w i th c o n v id s , w h o w e n t o f f w ith
m e r e ly th e fa n d io n o f th e matters th e y liv ed w i th , a lth o u g h k n ow n
p erhap s a t the tim e to be as fu fp ic io u s ch a ra d e r s as a n y in th e fettle-
m en t.
A m o n g th e I r ifh p rifone rs w h o ar r iv ed in th e M a rq u is C o rnw a llis
w a s one w h o p rofe fled to u n d e rh an d th e bufinefs o f a m illw r ig h t , and
w h o u n d e r to o k w i th v e r y little affiftance to' c o n f t r u d a mill at this place.
H e appeared ro u g h and u n co u th in his m a n n e r s ; b u t o u r w a n t o f a
m ill w a s fo g re a t, th a t it w a s determined to t r y w h a t his abilities w e r e ,
an d p lace fom e h ired artificers u n d e r his d ir e d io n . A fp o t was ch o fen
o n th e fum m it o f the g ro u n d w h ic h fo rm s th e w e fte rn fide o f the
c o v e , an d , faw -pits b e in g d u g fo r h im , h e beg an th e w o rk .
W i th a m ill o n c e e r e d e d com p e ten t to th e g r in d in g o f all ou r
w h e a t, a r e d u d io n in th e ra tion o f flo u r w o u ld n o t be felt. S o fen -
fib le o f this ad v an ta g e had th e g o v e rn o r been, th a t h e b ro u g h t ou t
w i th h im th e m o ft material parts o f a w in dm ill, w ith a mod el, b y
w h ic h a n y m illw r ig h t h e m ig h t fin d here w o u ld be enabled to fet up
th e d iffe ren t p a r t s ; an d T h o r p th e m illw r ig h t w a s em p lo y ed in co l-
3 le d in g
le d in g and p rep a r in g the timb e r n e ce ffa ry fo r p u ttin g u p this m ill at
Parramatta.
T h e w e a th e r w a s v e r y v ariable d u r in g the m on th . T h e cattle
b ro u gh t b y M r . R a v en , th o u g h in Sm ithfie ld th e y w o u ld no t all to g
e th e r h a v e been w o r th f if ty p ound s, w e r e fold b y a u f t io n at en o r mous
prices. T h e mares w en t at one h u n d red p ou n d s , on e o f the
cow s at e ig h ty -fo u r p ound s, and the others at prices fom e th in g inferior.
J u n e .] H is M a je f ty ’s b ir th -d a y w a s o bferv ed b y th e fe ttlem en t w ith
that attention w h ic h , as E n g lifh fu b je d s , w e w e r e p rou d to p a y to it.
T h e Sufan (w ith Am e r ic an co lours f ly in g ) , th o u g h p ro v id ed w i th o n ly
f ix o r e ig h t g u n s ,: co n tr iv ed to fire at o n e o ’ c lo c k w i th th e k in g ’s
fhips, a w e ll- tim ed falute o f tw e n ty -o n e gu n s in h o n o u r o f th e d ay .
. O t i this occafion the g o v e rn o r p ard oned all cu lpr its , e x c e p t James
M ‘C a r th y , w h o w a s u n d e r orders fo r N o r fo lk Ifland. I t m ig h t be
lo o k ed u p on as a fort o f en cou ra g em ent to th e com m iflio n o f cr imes,
thus b y a p eriodica l p ard on to rend e r p u nifhm en t Iefs ce rta in . I f m en
w e r e led to fu p p o fe , that on the k in g ’ s b ir th -d a y all cu lpr its w o u ld be
p ard oned , th e y w o u ld be emboldened to offend, at lea ft fo r a m on th
o r tw o p re vious to th a t t im e ; b u t th e g o v e rn o r did no t mean to e x ten
d this a f t o f m e r c y b e y o n d th e p re fen t o cc afion , b e in g th e firft
b ir th -d a y o f his fo v e re ign th a t had occurred fin ce h is ar riv al.
S e v e ra l d a r in g thefts w e r e com m itted e a r ly in this m on th . W illiam
W a r in g , a p r ifo n e r w h o had be en a llow ed to cu ltiv a te a fa rm o f th ir ty
acres on th e banks o f the H aw k e fb u r y , h a v in g o ccafion to m o v e a ca fk
o f falted p ro v ifio n s , w h ic h h e h ad purcha fed from th e matter o f a fh ip
r id in g in this c o v e , entru fted it to th e care o f tw o p eop le his fe rv ants,
to c o n v e y it from his farm to that o f a n e ig h b o u r in g fettler. T h e temp tation
was to o grea t to b e refitted , and th e c a fk w a s ftolen o u t o f the
boat, w h ile the fervants landed fo r th e n ig h t at fom e farm b y th e w a y .
T h e y pretended to h a v e no con ce rn in i t ; b u t as th a t was to o improbab le
to be b e lie ved , th e y w e re ordered to m ake re ftitu tion b y th e ir labour.
A b o u t the fame time th e b r ick -h u t o c cu p ied b y T h om a s C la rk , a
fup e rintend ant o f c o n v if t s , w a s bro k en in t o ; an d , n o tw ith fta n d in g
th e d oor o f the ro om in w h ic h h e flep t w i th h is w i fe w a s open, th e y
p lundered th e h o u fe o f fe v e ral articles to a grea t am ount.
S om e ru n aw a y s from th e ja il-g a n g at this p lace w e r e fu fp e fte d ;
and o u r w a tch , b e in g difpatched im m ed ia te ly on receipt o f th is in -
3 fo rm a tion ,