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and as they and the natives began to understand 

 each other, they impressed on the minds of the 

 poor savages an idea, that "they were the spirits 

 of their ancestors, and one poor native so truly 

 believed it, that he seemed to recognize the 

 features of his father in one of the convicts, and 

 took him to the place where his father was 

 burnt. ' The Fancy arrived on the 3d of Sep- 

 tember, from Norfolk Island, where plenty 

 abounded ; 4000lbs of pork had been salted, 

 and the Governor offered 40 tons of salt provi- 

 sions he had, and could spare to the settlement 

 at Sydney. On the 7th of September, the 

 Supply and Reliance arrived, the latter of 

 which vessels, had Governor Hunter on board. 

 His Excellency took upon him the office of 

 Governor on the 11th, but previous to Capt. 

 Patterson's giving up the command, he pardoned 

 those in confinement. The first act of Go- 

 vernor Hunter was, to order a very exact re- 

 turn of the live-stock, and a particular account 

 of every person in the country to be taken (ex- 

 cept the military), and he advised the cultiva- 

 tion of Indian corn to its full extent, for the 

 purpose of feeding the live-stock; and his Ex- 

 cellency accepted, those bills for corn bought 

 at Norfolk Island, which his predecessor re- 

 fused. On the 18th of September, the Fancy 

 and Endeavour sailed for India; leave was 

 given for 50, whose terms of transportation had 

 expired, to quit the colony in the Endeavour, 

 and nearly the same number quilted without 

 leave in that one vessel, which was a seiious 



