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ju d g e -ad v o c a te , and o f o th e r magiftra tes and c iv il office r s, co u ld n o t
be compared w i th tho fe in o th e r co u n tr ie s . F rom the d ifp ofition to
cr imes an d the in co r r ig ib le characters o f th e maj or part o f the colonifts ,
an od ium w a s , from th e firft, illib e ra lly th row n u p on th e fe td em e n t ;
and the w o rd “ B o ta n y B a y ” became a te rm o f rep roach th a t w a s
in d ifc r im in a te ly c a ll on e v e r y o n e w h o refided in N ew So u th W a le s .
B u t le t th e rep ro ach lig h t o n th o fe w h o h a v e ufed it as fu ch . T h e fe
p ages w e r e w r itten to demonftrate, th a t th e bread o f g o v e rnm en t has
■ not be en eaten in idlenefs b y its d ifferent o ffic e r s ; and that i f th e
h o n o u r o f h a v in g d e fe rv ed w e ll o f o n e ’s c o u n t r y be attainable b y
fa c r ific in g g o o d n am e , d ome ftic com fo r ts , and deareft co n n e c tio n s in
h e r fe r v ic e ,- th e officers o f th is fe td em en t h a v e ju f t ly merited that
d iftinCtion .
C O N C L U S I O N :
' C OMP R I S I N G
Particulars of the B r i t a n n i a ’ s V o y a g e to E n g l a n d ;
with Remarks on the S t a t e of N o r f o l k I s l a n d ; and
fome Account of N e w Z e a l a n d .
i H E B r ita n n ia tailed from P o rt J a ck fo n , in c om p a n y w i th h is M a -
je f t y ’ s ih ip R e lian c e and th e Franc is co lon ia l fch o o n e r , o n th e 29 th
o f September.
O n th e 4 th o f O c to b e r , w e h ad B a ll P y r am id . o f f L o r d H o w e ’ s
Illand d iftan t ab ou t fiv e lea gues , and w e r e from that d a y un til th e
1 5 th , o w in g to lig h t and co n tra ry w in d s , b e fo re w e rea ched N o r fo lk
I l la n d ; w h e re w e fo u n d his M a je f ty ’ s Ihip S u p p ly , w h ic h had been
th e re fe v e ral days» O n the fo llo w in g m o rn in g w e h ad com m u n ica tio n
w ith th e Ihore.
T h e in te rva l b e tw e en th e 1 6 th and 2 3 d w a s o ccu pied in r e c e iv in g
on board th e B r itan nia L ie u ten an t -g o v e rn o r K in g and his fam ily ;
w h o w e r e re tu rn in g to E n g lan d . O n th e 2 3 th th e co lon ia l fch o o n e r ,
w h ic h had attended fo r th a t p u rp o fe , re c e iv ed C ap tain K in g ’s letters
to G o v e rn o r H u n te r , an d th e three lh ip s made fail from the illand.
D u r in g th e time w e w e r e th e re , the w e a th e r fo r tu n a te ly p ro v e d e x trem
e ly favou rab le fo r com m u n ica tin g w i th th e Ih ore , and la rg e qu an tities
o f f lo c k and gra in w e r e re ce ived on b o a rd , in ad d ition to w h a t
w e b ro u g h t from P o r t J a ck fo n , and fuffic ient fo r a m u ch lo n g e r p af-
fag e than w e had a n y rea fon to e x p e c t in th e ru n to the C ap e o f
G o o d H o p e .
W ith .