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A t a m ufter o f th e convidfs w h ic h was d ire fte d d u r in g th is m on th ,
one man o n ly w a s un ac coun ted fo r , James H a y d o n . S o o n a fte r th e
m u fte r w a s o v e r , w o rd was b ro u gh t to the com m ifla ry , that his b o d y
h ad been fo u n d d row n e d in L o n g -C o v e , at the b a ck o f th e fettlement.
U p o n in q u ir y in to th e c a u fe o f his death, it appeared that h e had a few
d a y s b e fo re ftólen fomê tobacco out o f an officer’ s g a rd en in w h ic h he
had been em p lo y ed , and, b e in g threatened w ith p u n ifhm en t, had ab-
feonded. H e was confidered as a w e ll-b eh a v e d m a n ; and i f h e preferred
death to Ihame and p u n ifhm en t, w h ic h h e h ad be en heard to
declare h e d id, and w h ic h his death feem ed to con firm , h e w a s de-
fe rv in g a better fate.
T h e total n um b e r o f f ic k on th e Iaft d a y o f th e m on th w a s three
hu n d red and fo r ty -n in e .
J u ly .] T h e m e lan ch o ly fcenes w h ic h clofed the laft m on th appeared
u n ch an g ed at the b e g in n in g o f this. T h e m o rn in g g e n e ra lly opened
w i th th e attendant's o f the fic k p a flin g fr e q u en t ly b a ckw ards and fo r wa
rd s from th e h o lp ita l to the b u r y in g -g ro u n d w i th the* miferable
v ic t im s o f the night. E v e r y e x e r tio n was made to g e t u p th e portab le
hofpital b u t, alth o u gh w e w e re in fo rm ed that i t had been p u t u p in
L o n d o n in a v e r y few hou rs , we: did: n o t com ple te it u ntil th e 7 th ,
w h en i t was in ftan tly filled w i th patients. O n . th e 1 3 th , there w e r e
fo u r hund red and e ig lk y - e ig h t perfons u n d e r medical treatment at an d .
about the h o lp ita l,—r-a' d re ad fu l fic k l i f t !
S u ch o f th e co n v i& s from th e fhips as w e r e in a tolerable ftate o f
h e alth , bo th male and fem ale ; w e r e fen t u p to R o fe H i l l , to be emp
lo y e d in ag r icu ltu re and other- labours.. A fub a ltern’ s detachment
from the-.New Sou th W a le s corps was at th e fame time fent up fo r the
m ilita ry d u ty o f that fettlement in c o n ju n & io n w i th th e marine corps.
T h e r e alfo th e g o v e rn o r in th e cou r fe o f th e m on th laid d ow n th e
lines o f a re gu la r tow n . T h e p r in c ip a l flre e t w a s m ark ed out to e x ten d
one m ile , com m en c in g near th e lan d in g -p la c e , and ru n n in g in a direction
w e ft,, to the fo o t o f th e r ilin g g ro u n d named R o fe H i ll , a n d in
w h ic h his e x c e llen c y purpofed to eredt a fmall h o u fe fo r his ow n
refidence w h en e v e r h e fh o u ld v ifit th a t fettlement. O n each, fide o f
this ftreet, w h o fe w id th w a s to be tw o hun d red and liv e fe e t, huts
w e re