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fee how much had been performed ? Whatever was to be feen was 

 the effect of the mod unremitting, and perhaps degrading vigilance on 

 the part of thofe in whom the executive power had been from time to 

 time veiled ; and of the intereft that many individuals had felt, in 

 raifing that country from its original infignificance to fome degree of 

 confequence. 



, On the firft of July, the falted provifions being all expended, except 

 a few cafks, thefe were referved for the non-commiffioned officers and 

 privates of the corps. On Saturday the nth of the month the con- 

 victs received the following ration : 



Indian corn - - - 12 pounds (unground)$ 



Rice - - - - - 5 ditto ; 

 Dholl - - - - - 3 pints ; 

 Sugar ----- 1 1 pound 5 



being the firft time fince the eftablifhment of the colony, that they 



had gone from the ftore without receiving either falted or frefli meat. 

 On the following Monday the military received 



Salt pork ----- 2 pounds ; 



Indian corn - - - -12 ditto unground 5 



Peafe ------ 3 pints ; 



Rice ------ 3 ditto ; 



Sugar ------ 6 ounces. 



This being the ftate of the ftores, it is not wonderful that fupplies 

 were mod ardently defired. It was truly unfortunate that Mr. Bamp- 

 ton had not been able to procure any falted provifions at Bombay, 

 but in lieu thereof had fupplied rice, which could well have been 

 fpared, as they now began to grow grain fufficient for their confump- 

 tion from crop to crop, and grain which was at all times preferred to 

 the imports from India. Dholl and rice were never well received by 

 the prifoners as an equivalent for flour, particularly when peafe 

 formed a part of the ration ; and it was to be lamented, that a necef- 

 fity ever exifted, of forcing upon them fuch train as they had from 

 time to time been obliged to digeft. 



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