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required the inhabitants to assist in bringing 

 them to justice. And the Governor made known, 

 that if any natives were again detected in. rob- 

 bing the settlers, he would hang one of them 

 in chains near the spot as a terror to the others. 



On the 16th of May, the Supply arrived from 

 the Cape of Good Hope, with 3 1 cows, 5 mares, 

 and c 27 sheep, all in perfect health : 8 cows, 2 

 bulls, and 13 sheep died in the course of the 

 voyage. 



In the night of the 16th, a boat which had 

 been fishing at some distance to the South- 

 ward of Botany Bay, brought to the settlement 

 three persons who belonged to a ship called 

 the Sydney Cove, which had sailed from Bengal 

 with a cargo for this country on speculation. 

 The Governor was informed by Mr. Clarke, 

 (one of the three) that the ship had sprung a 

 dano-erous leak before she had rounded the 

 South Cape, which, as soon as they had got to 

 the Eastward of the Southern part of the coast, 

 increased to so great a degree, as to render it 

 absolutely necessary to haul in for the land. 

 The wind being from the S. E. they were ena- 

 bled to accomplish this, in time to land the 

 ship, when she was dropping from under them, 

 having sunk down to the fore channels, when 

 they were enabled to run her a-ground, on 

 an island in lat. 40° 37' South. They met with 

 this misfortune in the middle of February ; 

 soon after which a smajl number of them 

 resolved to attempt reaching Port Jackson in 



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