3 22 ACCOUNT OF THE ENGLISH COLONY [March, 



On his again vifiting the fettlement, he appeared with a wound on 

 his mouth, which had divided the upper lip and broke two of the 

 teeth of that jaw. His features, never very pleafing, now feemed out 

 of all proportion, and his pronunciation was much altered. Finding; 

 himfelf badly received among the females (although improved by his 

 travels in the little attentions that are fuppofed to have their weight 

 with the fex), and not being able to endure a life of celibacy, he had 

 made an attack upon his friend's favourite, Boo-ree-a, in which he 

 was not only unfuccefsful, but was puniflied for his breach of friend- 

 ihip, as has been related, by Cole-be, who farcaftically afked him, " if 

 he meant that kind of conduct to be a fpecimen of Engiifb manners ?" 



Among the deaths which took place in March, was that of Mr.. 

 Jofeph Gerald. A confumption which accompanied him from Eng- 

 land, and which all his wifhes and efforts to make off could not over- 

 come, at length brought him to that period when, perhaps, his ftrong. 

 enlightened mind muft have perceived how full of vanity and vexation 

 of fpirit were thebufieft concerns of this world ; and into what a nar- 

 row limit was now to be thruft that frame which but of late trod 

 firmly in the walk of life, elate and glowing with youthful hope, 

 glorying in being a martyr to the caufe which he termed that of free- 

 dom, and confidering as an honour that exile which brought him ta 

 an untimely grave. He was followed in three days after by another 

 vidim to miftaken opinions, Mr. William Skirving. A dyfentery 

 was the apparent caufe of his death ; but his heart was broken. In 

 the hope of receiving remittances from England, which might enable 

 him to proceed with fpirit and fuccefs in farming, of which he ap- 

 peared to have a thorough knowledge, he had purchafed from differ- 

 ent perfons, about one hundred acres of land adjacent to the town of 

 Sydney. He foon found that a farm near the fea-coaft was of no 

 great value. His attention and his efforts to cultivate the ground were 

 of no avail. Remittances he received none ; he contracted fome 

 little debts, and found himfelf neglefted by that party for whom he 



had 



