with’ two pumps, which they fortunately had fitted on board her,
they were able to keep the water under.*
The maize harvefi on the part o f government was all got in during
this month; but fome o f the new buildings were rather retarded
by the rain which fell toward the latter end o f it.
* A min upon the ifland had fiifficieat ingenuity to make a quadrant for navigating thia
veflel.
CHAP.
C H A P . X II.
TH R E E SOUTHERN W H ALER S A R R IV E , AN D AN AMERICAN FROM TH E
IS L E OF F R AN C E .— A TR AN SPO R T WITH F EMA LE CONVICTS AR R IV E S
FROM EN G LAN D , AND TH E R E L IA N C E FROM NORFOLK IS LA N D .— IN FO
RM AT IO N .— JOHN RAVNOR E X E C U T ED .— PROFLIGACY OF TH E FE M
A L E P A R T OF TH E S E T T L EM EN T .— AU GU ST .— C IV IL R EGU LA TION S .—
TH E SA B BA TH N EG L EC T ED .— A T T EN D ANC E ENFORCED.— TWO WHAL
E R S A R R IV E .— PU B L IC WORKS.— A N A T IV E G IR L .K IL L E D .—rCQNSE-
QUENCES.— AN E X T R A O R D IN A R Y CUSTOM AMONG TH EM .— SE PT EMB ER .
— TH E B A RW E L L SAIL S FOR CH IN A , AN D TH E .H UN T ER FOR NEW
Z E A L A N D .— THE BONES OF TWO HORSES FOUND.— WHALERS S A IL .—
PU BL IC WORKS.— W EA TH E R .— FEA R S FOR THE APPROACHING H A RV E ST.
Ju ly .] 1 H E month opened with the arrival o f the Cornwall,
Southern whaler, the matter o f which brought an account, that fome
Spanifh cruizers having appeared off Cape Horn, the whalers o f the
fouthern filhery were directed to pafs into thefe feas during the war.
This fhip was dire&ly followed by two others, the Eliza from the
Cape o f Good Hope, and the Sally. I
This circumftance was-likely to be attended with fome advantage«
to the fettlement. The whale fifhing on the coaft would be effectually
tried, and the pofition o f Ihoals, or the existence o f harbours
or rivers, be afcertained.
Having in a few days refitted their Ihips, the three whalers failed
upon their fettling voyages.
Previous to their departure, the Argo, a fmall American fchooner,
arrived, laft from the Ifle o f France, having on board a cargo o f
fait provifions, fome French brandy, and other articles, upon
fpeculation;