AN
A C C O U N T
OF THE
E N G L I S H C O L O N Y .
IN '
N E W SOUTH WALES,
FROM ITS FIRST SETTLEMENT, IN JANUARY 1788, TO
AUGUST l 8 o i :
WITH
R EM A R K S O N T H E D IS PO S IT IO N S , C U S T O M S , M A N N E R S , &c. O F
T H E N A T I V E IN H A B I T A N T S O F T H A T C O U N T R Y . S '
To WHICH A R E ADDED,
SOME P A RTICULARS OF NEW ZEALAND; V
COMPILED, B Y PERMISSION,
FROM THE MSS. OF LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR KING;
AND
AN ACCOUNT OF A VOYAGE PERFORMED B Y C A P T A IN FLIN D E R S AND
M R . BASS ; B Y WHICH TH E E X IS T EN C E OF A S T R A IT SE PA R A T IN G
V AN DIEMAN’ S LAN D FROM TH E CO NT INENT OF NEW HOLLAND WAS
A SC E R T A IN ED .
ABSTRACTED FROM THE JOURNAL OF MR. BASS.
B y Lieutenant-Colonel C O L L I N S , o f the Royal Marines,
L A T E JU D G E -A D VO C A T E AND S E C R E T A R Y OF THE COLONY.
ILLUSTRATED B Y ENGRAVINGS.
V O L . II.
Many might he faved, who now buffer an ignominious and an early death; and many
“ might be fo .much purified in the furnace o f punifhment and adverfity, as to become the
“ ornaments o f that fociety o f which they had formerly been the bane. The vices of
“ mankind mult frequently require the fe ve rityof juftice; but a wife State will diredt that
“ feverity to the.greateft moral and political good.” . A non.
L O N D O N :
Printed by A. Strahan, Printers-Street,
FOR T . CADELL JUN. AND W. D A V IE S IN THE STRAND
1802.