NEW SOUTH WALES. -■ ' - '^5 
On the 20th of May, the fliips being then in latitude c h^a p. 
47° 57', and longitude 12° 14' weft of London, the ^^^"^ 
Hyena returned. She brought, however, no exaa ac- n^i- 
count of the ftate of the tranfports ; for the fea at that 
time ran fo high, that the Governor found it diffi- 
cult even to fit tO: write, and quite impra6licable to - . 
fend on board the feveral fhips for exa6l reports of their 
fituation, and of the behaviour of the convids. All, : 
however^ had not been perfectly tranquil; the con^ . ' 
vi6ts in the Scarborough,, confiding probably in their v 
numbers, had formed a plan for gaining pofTeffion of 
that fliip, which the officers had happily detected and , . 
frviftrated. This information was received from them 
juft before the Hyena failed, and the Governor had ^ ., 
ordered two of the ringleaders on board the Sirius for v - 
puniihment* Thefe men, after receiving a proper 
chaftifement, were feparated from their party by being 
removed into another fhip, the Prince of Wales. No- , / 
other attempt of this kind was made during tlie. 
voyage. 
We may now confider the adventurers in this fmall 
fleet as finally detached, for the prefent, from their 
native country ; looking forward, doubtlefs with very 
various emotions, to that unknown region, which,, for 
a time at leaft, they were de.ftined to inhabit. If we 
%vould 
