49 6 ACCOUNT OF THE ENGLISH COLONY [July, 



unfortunate gentleman, that if he would call at his hut in the even- 

 ing he would pay him. He called accordingly; and while leaning 

 over a table to draw up a receipt, received the firft blow with the 

 axe, from the hand of Thomas Jones, the foldier ; Albury, the 

 other man, who it had been agreed upon mould give it, having failed 

 in his refolution at the moment when he was expe&ed to prove it. 



Being convicted on the 4th, they were executed on the 6th, upon 

 the fpot where the murder had been committed. The houfe was pulled 

 down and burnt ; and the bodies of the two men were hung in chains 

 near the place. That of the woman was delivered to the furgeon for 

 diffe&ion. 



On the 26th of July the Hillfborough tranfport arrived from Eng- 

 land, whence {he had failed with three hundred male convi&s on 

 board ; but from the raging of a gaol fever, that made its appear- 

 ance foon after her departure, ninety-five had died during the voyage, 

 and fix more were added to the number in a few days after they were 

 landed. 



It was impoffible that any {hip could have been better fitted by 

 government for the accommodation of prifoners, during fuch a voy- 

 age, than was the Hillfborough ; but, unfortunately, they brought with 

 them, perhaps, lurking in their clothing, a difeafe which bade de- 

 fiance to all the meafures that could be taken for their comfort and 

 convenience. 



The hofpitals were immediately filled with the furvivors, from 

 whom no labour could, for a length of time, be expected ; and they 

 were fupplied with frefh meat 



Governor Hunter, in the beginning of Auguft, fpent fome days 

 in an excurfion from ProfpecT-Hill to the fettlement which he had 

 eftablifhed on the banks of George's River. Having before examined 

 the country between Parramatta and the river, he now traced it in 

 another direction, and had the gratification of finding it equally fa- 

 vourable to cultivation with what he had before obferved. The 

 diftance from the hill was about five miles, over excellent ground, 



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