OF NEW SOUTH WALES. 



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CHAR XIX. 



COLE-Be's ENCOUNTER WITH YE-RA-NI-BE. YE-RA-NI-BE KILLED. — VA- 

 RIOUS PARTICULARS RESPECTING THE NATIVES,. BEN -NIL-LONG.* — 



SCHOOLS AT SYDNEY. — THE FRANCIS SAILS FOR THE WRECK. WEATHER. 



■ — HOUSE BURNT. — ACCOUNT OF LIVE STOCK AND GROUND IN CULTIVA- 

 TION. ATTEMPT OF SOME IRISH CONVICTS TO DESERT IN SEARCH OF A 



NEW SET TLEMENT. A SETTLER'S BOAT STOLEN. PARTICULARS. THE 



FRANCIS RETURNS FROM THE SOUTHWARD. — WORKS. CONJECTURES AS 



TO A STRAIT. — NATIVES. — A CONVICT PROVIDENTIALLY SAVED. WEA- 

 THER.— THE FRANCIS AGAIN SAILS FOR TFIE WRECK. — BEN-NIL-LONG 



AND HIS WIFE. — REPORT RESPECTING THE WILD CATTLE. ACCOUNT OF 



A JOURNEY TO THE W .ST WARD. DESCRIPTION OF A NEW BIRD. MR. 



BASS RETURNS FROM AN i XCURSION IN AN OPEN BOAT TO THE SOUTH- 

 WARD- PARTICULARS OF IT. — THREE IRISHMEN PICKED UP. — WEATHER 



IN FEBRUARY. — THE FRANCIS RETURNS FROM PRESERVATION ISLAND. 



A TRUSTY PERSON SENT TO LOOK FOR A SALT HILL, SAID TO BE DIS- 

 COVERED. THE WILD CATTLE SEEN.— A NEW ANIMAL, TH. WOM-BAT, 



FOUND. — SOME IRISH RUNAWAYS GIVE THEMSELVES UP. THE CRIMINAL 



COURT MEETS. THREE MEN EXECUTED. DISCOVERIES PROSECUTED.-— 



AN OLD WOMAN ACCUSED OF DREAMING. 



A CIRCUMSTANCE occurred about the beginning of December,, 

 which excited much intereft in the town of Sydney, and great 

 commotion among the natives. Two ofthefe people, both of them 

 well known in the fettlement (Cole-be, the friend of Ben- nil-long, and 

 one of the Ye-ra-ni-bes), meeting in the town, while their bofoms 

 were yet fwelling on occafion of fome former difference, attacked each 

 other. Cole-be had always been remarked for his activity ; but Ye- 

 ra ni-be was younger than his adverfary, and was reckoned a per- 

 fect match for him. While clofing on each other with their clubs,, 

 until which time Cole-be had not gained any advantage, the handle 

 of Ye-ra-ni-be's fhield drew out, and it confequently fell from hi& 



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