ACCOUNT OF THE ENGLISH COLONY [Awl 



CHAP. XX. 



THE NAUTILUS ARRIVES FROM OTAHE1TE* M I SSIO N ARIES.— THE HARWELL 



ARRIVES. A JUDGE ADVOCATE SENT OUT. —NATIVES,,— GROUND FIXED 



ON'FOR THE MISSIONARIES THE HUNTER ARRIVES . FROM BENGAL. — - 



REGULATIONS. THE COMMANDER OF THE- SYDNE^OVE DIES. — TFIREE 



•SOUTHERN WHALERS ARRIVE, AND AN AMERICAN FROM THE ISLE OF 

 FRANCE. A TRANSPORT WITH FEMALE CONVICTS ARRIVES FROM ENG- 

 LAND. — NATIVES. AN EXTRAORDINARY CUSTOM AMONG THEM.— THE 



BARWELL SAILS. — THE SEMIRAMIS ARRIVES FROM RHODE ISLAND. — -TPIE 

 CHURCH AT SYDNEY BURNT.-*— REFLECTIONS, — SOME VESSELS SAIL ; THE 

 NAUTILUS AND NORFOLK FOR VAN DIEMEN's LAND. — ANOTHER FIRE IN 

 THE TOWN — A SHIP ARRIVES FROM THE CAPE WITH CATTLE, BEN-NIL- 

 LONG. THE GOVERNOR'S STEWARD DESTROYS HIMSELF. — STATE OF THE 



HARVEST. THE FRANCIS RETURNS.-— A BATTERY. — RETURN QF STOCK 



AND CULTIVATED LAND. — UNRULY BEHAVIOUR OF THE IRISH, THE 



NORFOLK SLOOP RETURNS FROM VAN DIEMEN 's LAND. PARTICULARS,— 



CURIOUS PETRIFACTIONS. — THE WOM-BAT DESCRIBED. 



/"\N the 14th, a fmail brig, the Nautilus, arrived from Otaheite in 

 very great diftrefs, being leaky and worn out. In her came fe- 

 deral of the Miffionaries who had been fent thither from England for 

 the purpofe of propagating the Chriftian religion ; but who, not feel- 

 ing themfelves on a comfortable footing with the natives of that ifland, 

 had eagerly embraced the opportunity of quitting it with their families, 

 to the number of nineteen, who embarked in this little veflel. Her fize 

 not admitting of her receiving any more, fix or feven were of neceffity 

 left behind, whofe fate was certainly very precarious. Thofe who 

 had arrived were treated by the colonifts with every attention, and 

 every poffible relief adminiftered to their diftreffes. 



The 



