L>IO HISTORY OF 



The natives of New South Wales, though they 

 retained the greatest ferocity towards our people, 

 were not divested entirely of the softer passions, 

 for occasionally they would retire to the woods 

 and unbend their morose natures by singing 

 and dancing ; but that savage disposition which 

 is universally found among them, even on these 

 occasions gets superior to every other sensation, 

 and they have absolutely been known to leave 

 these parties of pleasure to satisfy that thirst for 

 revenge for which they are at all times found 

 to be so particularly eminent. 



On the l6th of May, Simon Taylor was 

 brought before the criminal court of judicature 

 for the murder of his wife ; and being convicted, 

 he received sentence of death, and was executed 

 on the 20th, at Paramatta. This man was sen- 

 sible of his guilt, and admonished the spectators 

 against indulging in drunkenness, which had 

 brought him to his disgraceful end. 



Another man, was adjudged corporal punish- 

 ment, and one year's hard labour, for embez- 

 zling some live-stock, the property of govern- 

 ment, which had been entrusted to his care. He 

 had been one of the convicts who were with 

 Capt. Riou in the Guardian, who on account 

 of their good conduct before and after the ac- 

 cident, received emancipation, and were allowed 

 to provide for their own support. Few how- 

 ever were found to merit this indulgence, and 

 this last act strongly pointed out how requisite 

 it was, for free persons to be sent out from Eng- 



