A VOYAGE TO 
hazard on one fide of being profecuted for theft, and on 
the other for purchafing ftolen goods. Injuries of this 
nature they generally revenge on fuch ftragglers as they 
happen to meet ; and perhaps have already learnt to dif- 
tingnifli thefe freebooters, by their bine and yellow 
jackets, as they very early did the foldiers by their red 
clothes. Beyond thefe attacks they have not yet com- 
mitted any open a61:s of hoftility, except the feizing of 
the filli in the inftance above related. They have not 
attempted to annoy the fettlers by fetting fire to the 
grafs, as they did when Captain Cook was on the coail ; 
nor have they, which is more important, fiiown any de- 
fire to burn the crops of corn. So abfolutely indif- 
penfable to the welfare of the fettlement is the prefer va- 
tion of the grain, that an attempt of this kind mufb at 
all events be counteracted ; but in no other cafe will any 
harfli meafures be adopted, or any effort made to drive 
them to a greater difiance. Conciliation is the only plan 
intended to be purfued : But Governor Phillip, when he: 
laft wrote, feemed to defpair of getting any of them to 
remain among his people, long enough for either to ac- 
quire the language of the other, except by confiraint, 
ilitherto he has been unwilling to take this method, but 
if it can be done in fuch a manner as not to create any 
general rlarm among them, it will probably turn out to 
be the kindefi: piece of violence that could be ufed. 
Whenever it fiiall be practicable, by any means, to ex- 
plain. 
