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*& ACCOUNT OF THE ENGLISH COLONY [February* 



had been forwarded from Port Jackfon by the Juftinian in July 1790* 

 having been received by the Secretary of State, what appeared from 

 thofe communications to be neceffary for the colony were to be fent 

 in one or more mips to be difpatched in the autumn, with an addi- 

 tional number of convicts, and the remaining company of the new 

 corps. A (loop in frame, of the burthen of forty-one tons-, was fent 

 out in the Pitt ; to make room for which, feveral bales of clothing, 

 and many ufeful articles, were obliged to be excluded. 



The Pitt brought-in many of her convi&s fick y and feveral of her 

 feamen, with fifteen foldiers of the New South Wales corps, had died" 

 fhortly after her leaving St. Jago>, owing to her having touched there 

 during an unhealthy feafon. 



Permiflion having been obtained, a mop was opened at a hut on 

 more for the fale of various articles brought out m the Pitt ; and,, 

 although a fleet of tranfports had but lately failed from the place r 

 notwithftanding the different orders which had been fent to Bengal, 

 and the high price at which every thing was fold, the avidity with 

 which all defcriptions of people grafped. at what was to be purchafed 

 \vas extraordinary, and could only be accounted for by the diftance 

 of their fituation from the mother-country, the uncertainty of re- 

 ceiving fupplies from thence, and the length of time which they had 

 heretofore had the mortification to find elapfe without receiving any. 



It being neceffary to fend to Norfolk Ifland a proportion of what 

 provifions were in flore, the Pitt was- engaged for that purpofe, for 

 which fervice her owners were to receive 65 if, a fum equal to fix. 

 weeks demurrage for the fhip. 



There was at this time only fifty-two days' flour, and twenty-one 

 weeks' fait provifions in ftore, at the reduced ration then iffued. 



A perfon deemed well qualified for the purpofe was now employed 

 to fet up the vefTel, the frame of which had arrived in the Pitt ; but as 

 he was the only fhipwright in the colony, the work of courfe pro- 

 ceeded flowly, and me would mod affuredly have much fooner ren- 

 dered the fer.vices which were required, of her, had fhe been put to- 

 gether? 



