74 HISTORY OF 



surrection. The Supply returned from there 

 on the 24th. 



On Thursday, the 26th of February, early in 

 ■the morning, a hurricane visited the island r 

 several pines of 180 feet in length and upwards, 

 were - blown- dbwn, and from then till noon 

 the wind increased, with torrents of rain. A 

 very large- bak was blown on the granary, and 

 dashed it to pieces, breaking several barrels of 

 flour. At noon the storm was so violent, that 

 it blew up more trees than 50 men could have 

 felled in a fortnight, and the gardens both 

 public and private were destroyed. Lieutenant 

 King's people were in good health, and he re- 

 tained the same good opinion of the climate, he 

 entertained at first; for the internal defence of 

 the island he had formed the free people imo a 

 militia, and general satisfaction was visible in 

 every countenance when the Supply dropped 

 anchor in the cove. The Governor ever anxi- 

 ous to discover all that could be of use to the 

 Islands prosperity, directed in the beginning of 

 April, a survey to be made of a large bay on the 

 North shore, in consequence of which, a suffi- 

 cient depth of water was discovered for foreign 

 ships to anchor in. The Governor called it 

 Neutral Bay. Early in this month the people 

 gave information, that on going to the harbour 

 they found the caves filled with dead bodies 

 of the natives. The cause of this was disco- 

 vered on bringing two men, a boy, and a girl 

 to the colony, when it proved to be the small- 

 pox. The two men w'ere overcome by the 



