w i lh e d , w a s little to b e e x p e l l e d ;— the habits o f y o u th are n o t ea fily
la id afide, and th e u tm o ft w e cou ld h o p e in ou r p re fen t litu a t io n was
'to o p p o fe th e fo ft h a rm o n ifin g arts o f peace and eiv ilifa tion to the
b an e fu l in flu en c e o f v ic e and im m o ra lity .
In th e e v en in g o f th is d a y th e w h o le o f th e p a r ty th a t came ro u n d in
th e S u p p ly w e r e affembled at th e p o in t w h e r e th e y had firft landed in
th e m o rn in g , and on w h ic h a fla g - fta ff had been p u rp o fg ly eredted and
an u n io n ja c k d ifp la y ed , w h e n th e marines fired fe v e ra l v o llie s ; betw
e e n w h ic h th e g o v e rn o r and th e officers w h o ac companied h im
d ra n k th e healths o f his M a je f ty and the R o y a l F am ily , an d fuc cefs
to th e n ew c o lo n y . T h e ’ d a y , w h ic h had been u n com m o n ly fine,
con c lu d ed • w i th th e fafe a r r iv a l _ o f th e S ir iu s and th e c o n v o y from
B o ta n y B a y ,-— th us te rm in a tin g th e v o y a g e w i th th e fame g o od fo r tu
n e th a t h ad from its com m enc em en t be en fo co n fp icu o u lly th e ir
fr ien d and com panion.
T h e d ifemb arkation o f th e troop s and co n v id ls to o k p la te from
th e fo llo w in g d a y ’ un til th e w h o le w e re landed. T h e co n fu fio n that
en fu ed w i ll n o t b e w o n d e red at, w h e n it is con fid e red th a t e v e r y man
Hepp ed from the b oat lite ra lly .into a w o o d . Parties o f p eop le w e re
•every w h e r e heard and feen v a r io u fly em p lo y e d ;— fome in c le a r in g
g ro u n d fo r .the d ifferent en campments ; others in p itc h in g tents, o r
b r in g in g u p fu ch {lores as w e r e m ore im m ed ia te ly w an ted ; and the
fp o t w h ic h had fo la te ly been th e abode o f filence and tran q u illity
w a s n o w ch an g ed to that o f n o ife , clam o u r , and con fu fio n : b u t after
a tim e ord e r g ra d u a lly p reva iled e v e r y w h e re . A s th e w o o d s w e r e
o p en e d and th e g ro u n d cleared , th e v a r io u s encampments w e r e e x ten
d ed , and all w o re th e ap p earance o f re gu la r ity .
A p ortab le canvas h o u fe , b ro u g h t o v e r fo r the g o v e rn o r , w a s eredled
on th e E a fl fide o f th e co v e , (w h ic h w a s named S y d n e y , in com plim en t
to th e p r in c ip a l fe c re ta ry o f ftate fo r the h om e d epa rtment,) w h e re
a lfo a fmall b o d y o f c o n v i f is w a s p u t u n d e r tents. T h e detachment o f
marin e s w a s encamped at th e head o f th e co v e n e ar the lire am , and on
th e W e l l fid e w a s placed th e main b o d y o f th e co n v id ls . T h e w om en
d id n o t d ifem b ark un til the 6 th o f F e b ru a r y ; w h e n , e v e r y perfon belo
n g in g to th e fe ttlem en t b e in g lan d ed , the numbers amounted to 1030
1 1 ' perfons.
p erfons. T 'h e tents fo r th e Tick w e r e ’ placed! o i f th e W e f t fid e, and .it
w a s obfe rv ed w i th co n c e rn th a t th e ir numbers w e r e fa l l in c re a fin g .
T h e -fourvy, th a t had no t appeared d urin g! the paffage| n o w b roke o u t, ~N
w h ic h , aided b y a d y fen te r y , b e g an .to fill th e h o fp ita l, arid feveral d ied ;
In ad d ition to th e medicines that .Were adm in ifte red , e v e r y fp e cie s
o f e fc u le n t . plants th a t could be fo u n d .in the c o u n t r y w e r e p rocu red
fo r th em '; w i ld ic e le r y , fp in a ch, and p a r fle y ,.fo r tu n a te ly g r ew in abundance
about th e fe t t lem e n t ; tb o fe w h o w e r e in h ea lth , as w e ll as th e
lic k , w e re v e r y g lad to in trod u c e th em in to th e ir meffes, and fo u n d
th em a pleafant as w e l l as w h o le fom e ad d ition to th e ra tion o f fait p ro--
v ifio n s .
T h e p u b lic Hock, c o n fid in g o f one b u ll, fo u r cow s , one b u ll-ca lf, o n e
ftalliori,..three mares, an d :th re e colts, (o n e o f which-wa.s a R o n e -co lt ,)
w e r e landed on th e E a ft p o in t o f th e c o v e , w h e re th e y rem ained u n til
th e y ' h a d ' c rop ped th e little p a ftu ra g e it afforded ; and w e r e th en rem
o v ed to a fp o t at the head o f th e ad jo in in g c o v e , that w a s cleared fo r a.
fmall. fa rm , in ten d ed to b e p lac ed u n d e r th e diredtion o f a p e r fon 1
b ro u g h t o u t b y th e g o v e rn o r .
S om e g ro u n d h a v in g been p repared near his e x c e lle n c y ’ s h o u fe on
th e E a ft fid e, th e plants from R io -d e -J an e iro and th e T a p e o f G o o d :
FI ope w e r e fa fe ly h ro u g h t on Chore. in a few day s ; and w e fo on h ad
th e fa tis fa& io n o f fe e in g th e g rap e , th e fig , th e o ran g e , th e p ear, and th e
ap p le , th e d e lic io u s fru its o f th e O ld , ta k in g ro o t and e fta b lilh in g th em -
fe lv e s in ou r N ew W o r ld .
A s fo on as th e h u r r y and tum u lt n e c e ffa r ily atten d in g the d ifem ba
rk a tio n h ad a little fub fid ed , th e g o v e rn o r caufed his M a je f ty ’ s c o m -
m illio n , ap p o in tin g h im to b e his cap tain-general and g o v e rn o r in-
c h ie f in and o v e r the te r r ito r y 'o f N ew So u th W a le s and its d epend enc ies,
to be p u b lic ly read, to g e th e r w i th th e letters p atent fo r e fta b lilh in g th e
courts o f c iv il and cr iminal ju d ic a tu re in th e te r r ito ry , th e e x ten t o f
w h ic h , u n til this p u blication o f it , .was but little k n o w n e v en among:
ourfe lv e s . I t w a s ; n o w fo u n d to e x ten d from C ap e Y o r k , (the e x tr
em ity of. the co a ft to th e n o r thw a rd ,) in. th e latitud e o f 20° 3 7 '
S o u th , to th e Sou th C a p e , (the fe u th e rn e x t r em ity o f th e c o a f t ,) -
in th e latitud e o f 4 3 ° 3 9 ' S o u th ; and inland to th e w e l lw a rd as fa r
as 13 5 ° o f E a ft lo n g itu d e , com p r eh en d in g all the illand s ad ja cent
• ••; in