40 ACCOUNT OF THE ENGLISH COLONY [October, 



gone out with an armed party to procure vegetables at Botany Bay, 

 draggled from them, and was killed by the natives. On the return of 

 the foldiers from the Bay he was found lying dead in the path, his head 

 beaten to a jelly, a fpear driven through it, another through his body, 

 and one arm broken. Some people were lent out to bury him ; and 

 in the courfe of the month the parties who w r ent by the fpot for vege- 

 tables reported that his body was three times found above ground, 

 having, it was fuppofed, been torn up by the natives' dogs. This 

 poor wretch furnilhed another inftance of the confequences that at- 

 tended a difobedience of orders which had been purpofely given to 

 prevent thefe accidents ; and as nothing of the kind was known to 

 happen, but where a neglect and contempt of them was firft. fhewn, 

 every misfortune of the kind might fairly be attributed, not to the 

 difpofition of the natives, but to the obflinacy and ignorance of their 

 vifitors. 



On the departure of the Sirius, one pound of flour was deducted 

 from the weekly ration of thofe who received the full proportion, and 

 two-thirds of a pound from fuch as were at two-thirds allowance. 



The public works went on as ufual very flowly ; thofe employed on 

 them in general barely exerting themfelves beyond what was necefiary 

 to avoid immediate punimment for idlenefs. 



On the 24th a convict who had draggled to a fmall diftance from 

 the fettlement had feveral fpears thrown at him by forne natives. The 

 Governor, on being made acquainted with the circumftance, went to 

 the fpot with an armed party, where, fome of them being heard among 

 the bullies, they were fired at ; it having now become abfolutely ne- 

 ceflary to compel them to keep at a greater diftance. 



The month of November commenced with the eftablifhment of the 

 new fettlement. On the 2d, His Excellency the Governor went to the 

 Crefcent to choofe the fpot, and to mark out the ground for a redoubt 

 and other neceiTary buildings. Ten convicts who understood the bufi- 

 nefs of cultivation were ordered to clear fome land on a riling ground, 

 which His Excellency named Rofe Hill. The foil at this fpot was of a 



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