1790.] OF NEW SOUTH WALES, n 5 



CHAP. VII. 



NATIVES,-— THE SUPPLY RETURNS FROM BATAVI A.— TRANSACTIONS THERE. 



CRIMINAL COURTS. A BOAT WITH FIVE PEOPLE LOST. — PUBLIC WORKS* 



—A CONVICT WOUNDED BY A NATIVE. — ARMED PARTIES SENT OUT TO' 

 AVENGE HIM.— A DUTCH VESSEL ARRIVES WITH SUPPLIES FROM BATAVIA, 



- — DECREASE BY SICKNESS AND CASUALTIES IN 1790. A NATIVE KILLED. 



— SIGNAL COLOURS STOLEN. THE SUPPLY SAILS FOR NORFOLK ISLAND. 



PUBLIC WORKS. — TERMS OFFERED FOR THE HIRE OF THE DUTCH SNOW TO 

 ENGLAND. — THE SUPPLY RETURNS WITFI CAPT. HUNTER FROM NORFOLK. 



ISLAND. TRANSACTIONS. THE SUPPLY SAILS AGAIN FOR NORFOLK 



ISLAND, AND THE WAAKS AMHEYD FOR ENGLAND.— WILLI AM BRYANT 

 AND OTHER CONVICTS ESCAPE. — RATION REDUCED. — ORDERS RESPECT- 

 ING MARRIAGE. — PORT REGULATIONS. 



gENNILLONG, after appointing feveral days to vifit the Governor, 

 at laft made his appearance, attended by three of his companions. 

 The welcome reception which they met with from every one who 

 faw them, infpired the ftrangers with fuch a confidence in their enter- 

 tainers, that the vifit was foon repeated ; and at length Bennillong 

 folicited the Governor to build him a hut at the extremity of the 

 eaftern point of the cove. This the Governor, who was very defirous 

 of preferving the friendly intercourfe which now fubfifted, readily pro- 

 mi fed, and gave the neceffary directions for its being built. 



While they were thus amufmg themfelves with thefe children of 

 ignorance, the fignal for a fail was made at the South head ; and 

 fhortly after the Supply anchored in the cove from Batavia, having 

 been abfent from the fettlement fix months and two days. Lieu- 

 tenant Ball had arrived at Batavia on the 6th of July, where he 

 hired a veffel, a Dutch fnow, which was to fail fhortly after him 

 with the provifions that he had purchafed for the colony. While 



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