A VOYAGE TO 
quit a place they never extinguifh the fire they have 
made, hut leave it to burn out, or to communicate 
its flames to the tree, as accidental circumftances may 
determine. 
Governor Phillip, on his return from this excurfionj 
had the mortification to find that five ewes and a lamb 
had been killed very near the camp, and in the mid- 
dle of the day. How this had happened was not known j 
hut it was conje6lured that they muft have been killed' 
hy dogs belonging to the natives. The lofs of any part 
of the fi:oek of cattle was a ferious misfortune, fince it 
niufi: be a confiderable time before it could be replaced* 
Fifh affords, in this place,, only an uncertain refource : 
on fome days great quantities are caught, though n-of 
fufficient to fave any material part of the provifions 
but at times it is very fcarce. An account of the live 
ftock at this time in the fettlemei:it is fubjoined to this^ 
chapter... , . . . . 
The three transports bound to Ghina, failed the 5th,- 
6th, and 8th of May ; and the Supply having beea 
caulked, failed on the 6th to Lord Howe Ifiand for turtle, 
in hopes of giving fome check to the fcurvy, with 
which the people were fiill fo much affeded that near 
two hundred were incapable of work. 
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