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a second time to see the state of the wild cattle, 

 during which excursion they counted 94. A 

 boat which had been driven into a bay at Port 

 Stephens, returned with large pieces of coal, of 

 which they reported great quantities to be lay- 

 ing on the beach. On the 21st, the Francis 

 sailed for Norfolk Island with dispatches from 

 the Governor. Capt. Collins, as Judge- Advo- 

 cate, and other Magistrates, rinding great in- 

 convenience in transacting business at their own 

 houses, a court-house was erected. A timber 

 carriage was this month made use of both at 

 Sydney and Paramatta, drawn by oxen, which 

 saved much time, and the labour of many men. 

 Several women were employed in haymaking, 

 at Toongabbe, which was to be carried out by 

 those ships, about to proceed to the Cape of 

 Good Hope for cattle. On the 4th of July, 

 Smith, a seaman of the Indispensable, was shot 

 by David Lloyd, a convict servant ; and at the 

 Hawkesbury, on the same day, David Lane was 

 shot by John Fenlow, his master. Lane expired 

 in a few hours, but Smith languished till the 

 9th, and then died at the hospital. Both mur- 

 derers were taken up, but Fenlow escaped, 

 though ironed, and was not retaken till the end 

 of the month, when some natives gave informa- 

 tion that he was in the neighbourhood of his 

 own farm. These enormities were productive 

 of some regulations long wanted. Several set- 

 tlers had all assistance from government with- 

 drawn from them ; others were struck off the 

 victualling books, and all persons off the store 



