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was not any church built, lifted up his eyes with aftonifliment, and 

 declared, that had the place been fettled by his nation, a houfe for 

 God would have been ere&ed before any houfe for man. 



The invalids and paffengers who were returning to England in the 

 Britannia being embarked, that {hip, the Reliance, and the Francis 

 fchooner, hauled out of the Cove preparatory to their departure. As 

 a proof that ftock was not at this time falling in its value, one of the 

 gentlemen fold two Cape cows and one fteer for 189 pounds fterling. 

 The flock in the colony was of confiderable extent and value, as will 

 appear by the following account of it which was taken for the purpofe 

 of being tranfmitted to Government : 



Account of live ftock in the poffeffion of Government and the 

 civil and military officers of the fettle ment, on the firft of Septem- 

 ber, 1796. 



Mares 57; cows and cow calves 101; bulls and bull calves 74; 

 oxen 54; fheep 153 1 ; goats 1427; hogs 1869. 



The wild cattle to the weflward of the river Nepean, were not includ- 

 ed in this account. 



All kinds of poultry were numerous. 



The number of acres at the fame time in cultivation, were 5419. 



It was fatisfa&ory to thofe gentlemen who were now on the point of 

 quitting that country (among whom was the Author of this hiftory, 

 who had been in the fettlement from its eftablifhment, and witnefled 

 many periods of diftrefs and difficulty) to reflect, that they left it not 

 only with a profpecl of plenty before it, but with ftores and granaries 

 abundantly filled at the time. In the houfes of individuals were to be 

 found moft of the comforts, and not a few of the luxuries of life. 

 For thefe the ifland was indebted to the communications that it had 

 had with India, and other parts of the world j and the former years 

 of famine, toil, and difficulty, were now exchanged for years of plenty, 

 eafe, and pleafure. 



The following ftate of the fettlement was made up to the 31ft of 

 Auguft 1796: 



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