16 MEN EMPLOYED ON [CH. I. 



Nov. 30. — At length I had the satisfaction to see my 

 party move forward in exploring order ; it consisted of the 

 following persons, viz. : — 



Alexander Burnett, 

 Robert Whiting, 



William Woods, 

 John Palmer, 

 Thomas Jones, 

 William Worthington, 

 James Souter, 

 Robert Muirhead, 

 Daniel Delaney, 

 James Forehara, 

 Joseph Jones, 

 Stephen Bombelli, 

 Timothy Cussack, 

 Anthony Brown, 

 Henry Dawkins, 



^ Carpenters. 



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Sailors. 



Medical Assistant. 



Bullock- Drivers . 



Groom. 

 Blacksmith. 

 Surveyor's Man. 

 Servant to me. 

 Servant to Mr. White. 



These were the best men I could find. All were ready to face 

 fire or water, in hopes of regaining by desperate exploits, 

 a portion, at least, of that liberty which had been forfeited 

 to the laws of their country. This was always a favourite 

 service with the best disposed of the convict prisoners, for 

 in the event of their meriting, by their good conduct, a 

 favourable report on my return, the government was likely 

 to grant them some indulgence. I chose these men either 

 from the characters they bore, or according to their trade or 

 particular qualifications : thus, 



Burnett was the son of a respectable house-carpenter on 

 the banks of the Tweed, where he had been too fond of 

 shooting game, his only cause of " trouble." 



Whiting, a Londoner, had been a soldier in the Guards. 



Woods had been found useful in the department as a sur- 

 veyor's man ; in which ca])acity he first came under my 

 notice, after he had been long employed as a boatnuin in 



