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had not the provost-marshal interfered and 

 brought him away ; for lie had received a blow 

 on the head with the butt-end of a musket 



It was thought necessary to confine him all 

 night, to prevent the mischief with .which lie 

 threatened the white people, and to save him 

 from the anger of the military, and on the fob* 

 lowing morning he quitted the town. 



Prior to the death of the poor fellow mur- 

 dered by Cole-be, the natives at Sydney were 

 called to the celebration of that ceremony, 

 Yoo-lahnQ* Era-ba-diano;*. 



Bennillong was there, but returned without 

 his Avife, being persuaded by her mother, who 

 she met at the Yco-lahng, to leave her husband. 

 Bennillong was no favourite with even the 

 females of his own country, and those unfortu- 

 nate enough to be with him for any time, were 

 known to be actuated by fear of his brutality. 



The house of John Mitcham, a settler, and a 

 stack of wheat, were set, on fire by three villains. 

 The poor man owed above 301. which the con- 

 tents of his wheat-stack was meant to discharge, 

 but now, besides being cruelly beaten, lie had 

 to make a fresh beginning in the world, and that 

 very much involved. The man knew not 

 who were his enemies ; for two of them had 

 blackened their faces, and the other was a 

 stranger. 



An order was issued, with an offer of condi- 

 tional freedom, and permission to become a 



See pages from 12 to 15. 



