INTRODUCTION. 



exiled is so great, while it is highly honourable 

 in a Government to afford, even these outcasts, 

 an opportunity of being serviceable to the 

 state, and by their own good conduct, ulti- 

 mately to themselves. — To the original Projec- 

 tor of the Colony, (Lord Sydney) the Public 

 are under great obligations, and no doubt can 

 now arise of its success. — Though it must prove 

 painful to- observe, that many sent to New 

 South Wales, continued incorrigible — yet, on 

 the contrary, some in the infancy of the 

 Colony, will be found reforming rapidly, and 

 the penitence of a few, cannot be but accept- 

 able to Man, since in Heaven there is joy 

 over even one sinner that truly repents. 



In executing the History of New South 

 Wales, I mail avail myself of all my materials, 

 under a regular series of Chapters ; first tracing 

 the Discovery, then the Nature, Customs, and 

 Manners of its original Inhabitants, from that 

 I mall proceed to the Plan for settleing the Co^ 

 lony, its Foundation and Progress to the present 

 Time ; and lastly, the Natural History of the 

 Island, thus endeavouring to present a Complete 

 Whole, 



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