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 neral mufter.— Regulations.— A native girl murdered.— Weather. — 

 The Governor vifits Richmond Hill.— His tranfactions there.— A 

 llack of wheat burnt.— The clergyman's attention to the children: 

 —The Governor goes to Botany Bay. — George's River. — Lightning 

 and its effects.— The natives;— Weather. — Number of men not vic- 



v tualled by government who had been convicts. — An extraordinary 



theft. — Court of criminal judicature twice held. — One man fuffered 

 death.— The natives attack the fettlers. — Weather. - - 396 



XVIII. Report revived of a white woman being with the natives.— Some civil 

 regulations. — Natives burn a houfe.— The Governor goes on an ex- 

 curfion. — Particulars thereof.— A valuable tree difcovered.— Weather. 



The natives again troublefome. — The Supply arrives from the Cape 



A {hip wrecked to the fouthward. — Particulars.— Affiftance fent to 



the wreck Two accidents.— The Britannia arrives from England. 



— The Ganges arrives from Ireland. — Some runaways taken. — The 

 Reliance arrives from the Cape. — New gaol finimed. — The Francis 

 returns from the wreck. — Boat miffing. — Gale of wind. — Cattle from 

 the Cape landed. — -Coal difcovered. — Natives. — Bennillong. — Boat 

 feized and carried off to fea. — More coal found -, and a new river. — 

 The people left by Captain Bampton at New Zealand arrive at Nor- 

 folk Ifland. — The Deptford arrives from Madras.— Excurfion to the 

 Cow Pafture.— Walk from Mount Taurus to the fea coaft. — Wea- 

 ther. — Another boat carried off*. — The criminal court thrice afTem- 



bled. Particulars.— Natives very troublefome; feize a boat.— An 



attempt to feize another boat fruftrated; — Ingratitude. — An amphi- 

 bious animal difcovered.— Weather. - - - 407 



XIX. Ccle-be's encounter with Ye-ra-ni-be. — Ye-ra-ni-be killed. — Various 

 particulars refpeeting the natives. — Bennillong.— Schools at Sydney. 

 The Francis fails for the wreck. — Weather.— Houfe burnt. — Ac- 

 count of live flock and ground in cultivation.— Attempt of fome 

 Irilh convicts to defert in fearch of a new fettlement. — A fettler's 

 boat ftolen. — Particulars.— The Francis returns from the fouthward. 

 —Works. Conjectures as to a {trait.— Natives.— A convict: provi- 

 dentially faved. — Weather The Francis again fails for the wreck. — 



Bennillong and his wife.— Report refpecting the wild cattle — Ac- 

 count of a journey to the weftward.— Defcription of a new bird. — 

 Mr. Bafs returns from an excurfion in an open boat to the fouth- 

 ward.— Particulars of it.— Three IriQimen picked up.— Weather in 



February, 



