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ACCOUNT OF THE ENGLISH COLONY [Novembe 



CHAP. X. 



A VESSEL FROM AMERICA ARRIVES. PART OF HER CARGO PURCHASED.— 



GEORGE BARRINGTON AND OTHERS EMANCIPATED. — THE ROYAL AD- 

 MIRAL SAILS.-— ARRIVAL OF THE KITTY TRANSPORT. ICOll RECEIVED 



BY HER. — HOSPITAL BUILT AT PARRAMATTA. — HARVEST BEGUN AT TOON- 

 GABBE. — RATION INCREASED. — STATE OF THE CULTIVATION PREVIOUS 

 TO THE GOVERNOR'S DEPARTURE. GOVERNOR PHILLIP SAILS FOR ENG- 

 LAND REGULATIONS MADE BY THE LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR. THE 



HOPE, AN AMERICAN SHIP, ARRIVES. HER CARGO PURCHASED FOR THE 



COLONY. THE CHESTERFIELD WHALER ARRIVES. — EXTREME HEAT AND 



CONFLAGRATION. DEATHS IN I 792. — REGULATIONS RESPECTING DI- 

 VINE SERVICE. THE HOPE SAILS. THE BELLONA ARRIVES. — CARGO 



DAMAGED. — INFORMATION. — TWO WOMEN AND A CHILD DROWNED.— 



RATION. — KANGOOROO GROUND OPENED. SETTLERS. — TRANSACTIONS. 



— THE SHAH HORMUZEAR. ARRIVES. SICKNESS AND DEATH. TWO 



SPANISH SHIPS ARRIVE. 



QN the ift of November the Philadelphia brigantine, Mr. Thomas 

 Patrickfon matter, arrived at Port Jackfon from Philadelphia. 

 Lieutenant-Governor King, in his paffage to Port Jackfon in 1791, 

 had feen Mr. Patrickfon at the Cape of Good Hope, and fuggefted to 

 him the advantage that might attend his taking a cargo to that 

 country on fpeculation. On this hint Captain Patrickfon repaired to 

 Philadelphia ; from which place he had failed in the beginning of April, 

 with a cargo confuting chiefly of American beef, wine, rum, gin, fome 

 tobacco, pitch, and tar. 



The Governor • directed the commiffary to purchafe fuch part of 

 the Philadelphia's cargo as he thought was immediately wanting in 

 the colony ; and five hundred and fixty-nine barrels of American- 

 cured 



