ney on the 2 1 f t ; and on the following day the workmen began to;
get up the wood work' o f the top.
On the 24th there was a general iffue o f cloathing, and the 2.6th
was obferved as Chriftmas-day.
The weather in the firft and middle parts o f the month had been,
very bad, heavy rains (which much retarded the getting in o f the
harveft) prevailing, with thunder and lightning, and winds ftrong at
eaft. The latter' part being moderate, the Colonial fchooner took
the opportunity to go round to the Hawkelbury for a cargo o£
wheat.
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C H A P . II.
TH E GOVERNOR V IS IT S RICHMOND-HILL------HIS TRAN SACT ION S TH E R E .—
A S T A C K OF WHEAT B U R N T .— SAWYERS PU NISHED.— PR IC E OF L A BOUR
R EG U LA T ED .— G EN E R A L CH A R A C T E R OF TH E S E T T L E R S .— THE
C L E RG YM AN ’ S AT T EN T IO N TO THE C H ILD R EN .— C R IM IN A L COURT
AS SEM B LED .— LAW R EN C E DAVORAN.----TH E GOVERNOR GOES TO BOTAN
Y b a y .— g e o r g e ’ s r i v e r .— p u b l i c w o r k s ,— l i g h t n i n g a n d i t s
EFFECTS .' ■
T H E governor, always anxious to promote the good o f the fettle-
ment by every means in his power, having determined to vifit at this
feafon that part of it which was fituated on the banks o f the Hawkef-
bury, fet off at the latter end o f the laft month, with a party o f officers,
by land to Broken-Bay, where they got on board the Colonial fchooner,
and continued in her for two days, failing up that pleafant river ;
but, finding her progrefs too flow, they quitted h£r for fome boats
which had accompanied them ; and, by the firft o f this month, had
reached as high up as fome farms which had lately been evacuated in
confequence o f the depredations that the owners o f them had been
expofed to from numerous parties o f natives. The ground hereabout
was carefully examined, to fee i f it would admit fuch a number of
fettlers as might be fufficient for the purpofe o f mutual protection ;
but it was found inadequate to that end, the limits o f it on the banks
o f the river, where the foil was excellent, being much too narrow.
On the firft o f the month the governor had reached the principal
fettlement, having occafionally landed to examine into the ftate of
the different farms, as well as to fettle difputes relative to property,
and differences between the fettlers and their hired fervants.
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