lafian regions; but have alfo inferted the two Voyages which were
made in the little Hoop Norfolk, by Captain Flinders and Mr. Baf»*
in the order o f time in which they occurred, inftead o f placing them,
in an Appendix.
The Natives too have contributed to afiift me in this part o f m y
Undertaking; and fome additional light is thrown upon their peculiar
manners and cuftoms in the courfe o f the work. It were to
be wilhed, that they never had been feen in any other ftate than
that which the fubjoined V iew o f them prefents, in the happy and:
peaceable exercife o f their freedom and amufements.
C O N T E N T S
OF THE
S E C O N D V O L UME .
C H A P . F * «
I . Recapitulation.— A log prifon begun.—Various impoGtions practifed
at the ftore.— Oftober.— Regulations and proceedings o f the
governor.— A man found dead.— A woman murdered.— Difcon-
tents among the Irifh, followed by an order.— Character o f the
fettlers at the river.— Houfes numbered at Sydney.— Bennillong
claims protection from the governor.— Weather in October.— No vember.—
T w o victuallers arrive from England.— Conftables
elefted.— Th e Erancis returns from Norfolk-Ifland— Civil appointment.—
A criminal court held.—Executions.— One man hung
in chains.— Effeft o f this upon the natives.— Public works.— D e -
cember___Convicts fecreted on board the Sylph. —Reflections.—
A general mufter.— Regulations.— A native child murdered.—
Weather. ■ • • 1
II. T h e governor vifits Richmond-Hill.— His tranfa&ions there— A
Rack of wheat burnt.— Sawyers punilhed.— Price of labour regulated___
General charaaer o f the fettlers— The clergyman’s attention
to the children.— Criminal court afiembled..—Lawrence Da -
voran.— Th e governor goes to Botany Bay.— George’s river.—
Public works.— Lightning and its cl'Fscls,
I I I . Th e windmill tried.— A civil court afiembled.— Difficulty refpeaing
the convias from Ireland.— The natives.—Some buildings begun.
— Weather.— March.— Number of men not viaualled by the
Commiffary, who had been convias.— An extraordinary theft—
Court of criminal judicature twice held. — One man fuffers death.
— Price of labour fixed.— The natives attack the fettlers. Public
works. — W ea ther,