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CHAP. VII. 



Notwithstanding the trial Cole-be had 

 undergone for the unfair way of striking his op- 

 ponent, while stooping down, of which blows 

 he died, the friends of that man did not think 

 it sufficient for his loss. Mo-roo-bra, with some 

 other natives, met Cole-be, and made an at- 

 tack, determined to murder him. Cole-be, 

 still weak of the wounds he received in the last 

 combat, was not able to resist ; and after re- 

 ceiving many blows on the head, was thought 

 finally dispatched ; but Mo-roo-bra, as they 

 quitted him, saw him revive and attempt to rise, 

 so returned to finish his business. This so ex- 

 asperated another native, that he caught up a 

 spear, and in a rage threw it with great force at 

 Mo-roo-bra : it entered his right side, over the 

 hip bone, and went downwards quite through 

 the body> and he died in about an hour. The 

 same evening this heroic native was attacked 

 in the usual way, and defended himself with 

 prodigious gallantry. He was speared twice 

 through the thigh, once through the leg, and 

 received a bad wound in the right hand. 



^ The magistrates at Sydney, two in number, 

 being much indisposed, the Governor took 

 upon himself the execution of their troublesome 

 office. 



