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one was dug in a better spot, and where it 

 could be properly secured ; which precaution 

 was rendered necessary by the turbulent con- 

 duct of those convicts from Ireland. 



The Reliance being so worn out, as to be no 

 longer capable of doing any service to the co- 

 lonv, it became necessarv to i>'ive her those 

 repairs which- would enable her to reach Eng- 

 land. She was therefore fitted for sea, and 

 sailed on the 3d of March on her homeward- 

 bound voyage. 



The Martha returned from the Southward 

 on the 6th of March, with a cargo of oil and 

 seal skins. As the Nautilus had left some of 

 her people on Cape Barren Island, they in- 

 formed the master of the Martha, that the best 

 time for seals among those islands was from 

 November till May. 



Many of the Irish convicts lately arrived 

 were now afflicted with a dysenteric complaint, 

 and several died. 



It has already been seen how little good 

 could be effected by granting indulgence to 

 the people of this country, and now another 

 instance occurred from a class of people who 

 it could hardly have been expected from. The 

 settlers on the banks of George's river had 

 served in the marine detachment, ond after- 

 wards in the New South Wales' corps. By 

 entreaties prevailed on the governor to grant 

 them some live stock, his Excellency furnished 

 each with a ewe sheep, which they were no 

 sooner possessed of than they sold. This reach- 



