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ACCOUNT OF THE ENGLISH COLONY [July, 



to. the eftablifhment of feveral families. The land was not only good 

 and well watered, but every where eafily cleared, and at the conve- 

 nient diftance of five or fix miles from Parramatta. Being fatisfied 

 with the fituation, he recommended it to the miffionaries ; but the 

 mod of them declined it. To the few who confented, a proportion 

 of tools, grain, and fuch affiftance as could be fpared, was given. 



The houfe of Campbell and Clarke, at Calcutta, not difcouraged by 

 the fate of their unfortunate fhip, the Sydney-Cove (of which they 

 were the proprietors), fitted out another, a fnow, which, in compli- 

 ment to the Governor, they named the Hunter, and fent her down 

 with an affortment of India goods, and a few cows and horfes. She 

 arrived on the loth of the month ; when the Governor, to crufh as 

 much as poffible the fpirit of monopoly which had fo long fubfifted, 

 gave public notice, that no part of the cargo fhould be difpofed of r 

 until the fettlers in the different diftricts had dated to him what fuma 

 of money they could feverally raife ; which, it was to be underftood, 

 muft be in government notes then in their poffeffion, and not thofe 

 which they might purchafe upon the ftrength of their crops. 



It was alfo ordered, that no boat or perfon (except the pilot-boat, 

 or fuch other as might be fent with an officer to bring on fhore the 

 public difpatches) fhould attempt to board any fhip arriving in the 

 harbour, until fhe fhould be properly fecured in the Cove, and the 

 matter had been with the Governor and received the port-orders. 



Captain Hamilton, the commander of the Sydney-Cove, furvived 

 the arrival of the Hunter but a few days. He never recovered from 

 the diftreffes and hardfhips which he differed on the lofs of his fhip, 

 and died exceedingly regretted by all who had the pleafure of his 

 acquaintance. 



The month of July opened with the arrival of the Cornwall, fouth- 

 ern whaler, the mafter of which informed the Governor, that fome 

 Spanifh cruifers having appeared off Cape Horn, the whalers of the 

 fouthern fifhery were directed to pafs into thefe feas during the war. 



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