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transported to Norfolk Island ; one for receiv- 

 ing stolen goods for 14 years, and the other 

 two, who were of that class, who to avoid work, 

 sought refuge in the woods, and robbed the 

 settlements at night for support, the court 

 sentenced to 7 years transportation. 



The public works continued the same as at 

 the end of the last month. The foundation of 

 the building for the reception of the assistant- 

 surgeons was laid, and the lower floor of the 

 large granary at Sydney was nearly completed. 



Much rain fell during this month. On the 

 morning of the 27th of April, a high wind came 

 on, which, for the want of care at the wind- 

 mill, it was set going with such violence, that 

 one of the running stones was broke, a piece 

 of which so wounded the millwright, that his 

 life was despaired of. Some carpenters were 

 ordered to repair the damage, and in a few days 

 it was at work as usual. 



The example lately made had no good effect 

 on the natives, they still troubled the settlers in 

 Land Cove, burning a house, and killing a num- 

 ber of hogs, which, as they left behind them, 

 proved the attack to be wanton. At Kissing 

 Point, they wounded a settler and his wife, and 

 burned every article they had. The settlers 

 were so perpetually alarmed by the natives that 

 they again collected, and with a few soldiers 

 sent to assist them, went out in the night, 

 •and their fires directed them to the place where 

 h<;dy of natives had collected to attack 

 mder them. A volley of musketry 

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