A D V E R T I S E M E N T .
London, 17 th June 1802.
T h e very flattering reception which my former Account o f the
Englifh Colony in New South Wales experienced frótn a Candid
and liberal Public^ has induced me to continue Hiy labours in the
■ charader o f its'hiftorian; having been iavouted with- tóatèriabifcsr
this purpofc, on the authenticity o f which I can fafëly flake my
credit.
Should the Reader feel wearied with the detail o f crimes and their
conféquences, the fault lies not with me. I have only to regret
that a fell o f fo much promife has not produced better fruit. Such as
there was, I have diligently gathered; and have endeavoured to render
it as palatable as the-nature ofit would allow me. . When werei-
fleft: that the exotics with which this new plantation.is fuppli^d are-
• chiefly the refufe o f our domeftic nurferies; and duly confider that,
howeVer beneficial the aft o f tranfplanfation may finally be foutief
it müfi for a’ ti'nie retard the growth, and VVill generally p ro tip !
the fruit for a; feafon, however fertile the original flock, we ought,
perhaps, confiderably to moderate our expectations. B y pad'ent
culture, fkilfully direded, in a climate fo propitious, and, a foil fo
favourable, much may yet be effeétefl: after experience; fhall have
■ once* thoroughly ascertained. all the dangers and difficulties neceflary
to be furmöunted, before; the nioft judicïóUs cultivators can completely
avail themfelves' o f the many local advantages of* which the
fituhtion is undoubtedly fufceptihle.
T o 'rèlïeve the mind as much as poffible from the contemplation
o f enormities,• and the difguftmgty Wretched pifture which vice
muft ever exhibit, I have not only interfperfed a few noticés of
x rare and curious objéds in Natural Hiftory peculiar to the Auftra-
v o t . 11. a lafian