63 HISTORY OF 



Those who were imprudent enough to exceed 

 the limits laid down, without taking arms, 

 continued to be molested by the natives. In 

 the course of -this month, a straying convict, 

 was beaten, stripped, and would have been mur- 

 dered by them, had they not been alarmed by 

 a musqiiet going off, on which they left him, 

 and his clothes as fast as they could. 



September arrived, and the wheat sown at 

 Port Jackson seemed to promise as little as that 

 at Norfolk Island, therefore the Governor 

 ordered the Sirius, to the Cape of Good Hope 

 for seed, and as much flour as she could stow 

 for the use of the colony; that she might bring 

 a greater quantity, her guns were landed on the 

 the West point of the cove : the Golden Grove 

 was also ordered to prepare for taking stores, 

 provisions, and convicts to Norfolk Island, 

 A house for the stores of the detachment being 

 now finished, they were landed from the Sirius, 

 and placed in it. A boat of eight oars, and 

 another of sixteen, sent out in frame, were now 

 put together. The only cow left went mad, 

 and was obliged to be shot, though with calf, 

 The Golden Grove, on the 2d of October, re- 

 ceived thirty-two convicts, a party of marines, 

 and two seamen from the Sirius on board, for 

 Norfolk Island ; and the Sirius sailed the same 

 day for the Cape of Good Hope, from which 

 time, one pound of flour was deducted per week 

 from those who received the full allowance, and 

 two thirds of a pound from those at a shorter 

 allowance, and thus it was to continue fill the 



