A u g u s t .] IN N E W S O U T H W A L E S . 493
b e fo re , as, to ufe th e ir ow n exp re ffion , th e y had n o w “ to w o r k fo r
“ a dead h o r fe .”
- O n th e '2 3 d (the fign a l fo r a fail h a v in g be en made at th e S o u th -
h ead , th e d a y b e fo re ) , there anchored in th e ftream, ju f t w ith o u t th e
tw o p oin ts o f S y d n e y C o v e , the Chip G ra n d T u r k , from B o fto n , after
a p afla ge o f fiv e mon th s from that p o r t. S h e had been tw en ty - th r e e
d a y s from V a n Diemari’ s L a n d , m e e tin g w i th a cu r ren t, d u r in g fe v e ra l
d a y s , that fet h e r 'e a ch d a y tw e n ty -o n e miles eithe r to th e S. E . o r N . E .
W e foun d on board as fu p e rca rg o , M r . M ‘G e e , w h o w a s he re be fo re
in th e H a l c y o n w i th M r . B en jam in P a g e . H e b ro u g h t n ew s from
E u r o p e as late as J a n u a ry la ft, b y w h ic h w e learned that th e w a r ftill
ragCd. M r . M ‘G e e h ad on board fo r fale, fp ir its , to b a cco, w in e , fo ap ,
iro n , linfeed-oil,- b ro a d -c lo th , & c . & c . fo r this m a rk e t, M a n illa , and
C a n to n . T h e to b a c co (e ig h te en h o g lh ead s ) w e r e im m ed ia te ly b o u g h t
fo r one Ih illin g and th re e h a lf-p en c e p e r p ou n d , and g o v e rnm en t p u r -
cha fed fome o f his fp irits at -feven ftiilling s p e r ga llon .
D u r in g th is m on th a lo n g -b o a t b e lo n g in g to his M a je f ty ’ s lh ip R e lia
n c e , w h ic h had been fen t to B o t a n y B a y in J u ly to p ro cu re fifh ,
w a s g iv e n u p fo r lo ft, w i th fiv e o r f ix feamen. T h e y w e r e k n ow n to
h a v e qu itted B o t a n y B a y , an d , no t h a v in g be en heard o f fo r fome
w e e k s , w e r e conjefitured to h a v e tak en th e b oat aw a y to th e n o r th w
a rd , w h e re , b e in g w ith o u t compafs o r p ro v ifio n s , (e x c e p t th e few
fifh th e y had cau gh t,) it w a s m ore th an p rob ab le th e y h ad perifhed .
T h e ja il-g a n g at this tim e , n o tw ith fta n d in g the ex am p le s w h ic h had
bee'n mad e , con fifted o f u pwa rd s o f f iv e -a n d - tw e n ty pe rfon s ; and
m a n y o f th e female p r ifone r s w e r e fo u n d to be e v e r y w h i t as in fam
ous as th e men.
O n e Pettier was e x e cu te d this m on th , and on e fo ld ie r lo ft his life b y
a tree fa llin g on h im at th e H aw k e fb u r y .
T h e firft and mid d le parts o f th e m on th w e r e w e t . T h e b ran ch o f
th e harb ou r named D u c k R iv e r w a s fo fw o lle n as to o v e r flow its b an k s ,
w h ic h w e re v e r y fteep.
S ep tem be r.] A tem p o ra ry ch u r ch , fo rm ed ou t o f th e m ate rials o f
tw o old h u ts , w a s o pened at Parramatta b y th e R e v . M r . M a r fd en on
th e firft S u n d a y in this m on th . D e c en t places o f w o r ih ip w e r e n ow
to