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The fertlers at the latter place appeared to have very unproductive 

 crops, having fown their wheat; kte. They were, indeed, of opinion, 

 that they had made a hafty and bad choice of fituation ; but this was 

 nothing more than the language of diiappointment, as little judgment 

 could be formed of what any foil in that country would produce until 

 it had beer* properly worked, dreffed, cleanfed, and purged of the four 

 quality that was naturally inherent in it, which it derived from the 

 droppings of wet from the leaves of gum and other trees, and which 

 were known to be of an acrid deftruetive nature. 



Another barrack for officers had been got up in the courfe of the 

 month ; but, for want of tiles, was only partly covered in. The great 

 want of tiles that was occasionally felt, proceeded from there being 

 only one perfon in the place who was capable of moulding them, and 

 he could never burn more than thirty thou fa nd in fix weeks* bein-o* 

 obliged to burn a large quantity of bricks in the fame kilns. It re- 

 quired near fixty-nine thoufand bricks to complete the building of one 

 barrack, and twenty-one thoufand tiles to cover it in. The number 

 of tiles rendered ufelefs by carriage, and deftroyed in the kilns, was 

 eftimated at about three thoufand in each kiln, and fifteen thoufand 

 were generally burnt off at a time. 



To furnifh bricks for thefe barracks, and other buildings, three 

 gangs were conftantly at work, finding employment for three Qverfeers 

 and about eighty convicts. 



To convey thefe materials from the brickfield to the barrack- 

 ground, a diftance of about three quarters of a mile, three brick-carts 

 w r ere employed, each drawn by twelve men, under the direction of 

 one overfeer. Seven hundred tiles, or three hundred and fifty bricks, 

 were brought by each cart, and every cart in the day brought either 

 five loads of bricks, or four of tiles. To bring in the timber neceffary 

 for thefe and other buildings, four timber-carriages were employed, 

 each being drawn by twenty-four men. In addition to thefe, to each 

 carriage were annexed two fatlers, and one overfeer, making a total 

 of two hundred and twenty-eight men, who mufl be employed m 



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