,.6., '.ANECDOTES, &c. 
ment to the Eaft Indies, where fnperior bravery coa- 
tended againft fuperior force, till the policy of ov.r 
negotiators put an end to unequal hoftilities by a necef- 
fary peace. 
The adlivity, or the zeal of Phillip, was now turned 
to more peaceful obje61s. And when it was determined 
to form a fettlement on that part of New Holland, deno- 
minated New South Wales, he was thought of as a 
proper officer to condud: an enterprize, which required 
profeffional knowledge, and habitual prudence. His 
equipment, his voyage, and his fettlement, in the other 
hemifphere, will be found in the follov/ing volume. 
When the time ill all arrive that the European fettlers on 
Sydney Cove demand their hiftorian, thefe authentic 
anecdotes of their priftine legillator will be fought for 
as curious, and confidered as important. 
