WHITENS JOURNAL OF A 
One day out fliooting, he found a very young puppy, 
belonging to the natives, eating part of a dead Kangaroo. 
He brought it to the camp, and it thrives much. The dog, 
in fhape, is rather fhort and well made ; has very fine hair 
of the nature of fur, and a fagaciou^ look. When found, 
though not more than a month old, he fhowed fome fymp- 
toms of ferocity. It was a confiderable time before he 
could be induced to eat any fkfh that was boiled, but he 
would gorge it raw with great avidity. (See plate annexed). 
23d. The blackfmith*s {hop, which was built of 
common brufh wood, was burnt down. Very fortunately 
for us, the bellows and the other tools were, through 
the exertion of the people, faved. To effed this was no 
eafy point, as, in the courfe of three or four minutes, 
the wood being very dry, every part of the {hop was in 
flames. 
29th. One of the convids was met by fome of the 
natives, who wounded him very feverely in the brcaft 
and head with their fpcars. They would undoubtedly 
have deftroyed him had he not plunged into the fea, 
near which he happened to be, and by that means faved 
himfelf. When he was brought to the hofpital he was 
very 
