VOYAGE TO NEW SOUTH WALES. 
place where he declared that the mine was fituated. At their 
landing, he begged leave to withdraw a little, on fome 
neceffary occafion ; when, inftead of returning to Captain 
Campbell, he went back to the camp, and waiting on the 
lieutenant governor and judge advocate, afferted that he 
had put Captain Campbell in pofleffion of the mine, who 
had difpatched him over land for another officer and a proper 
guard. His account not being doubted, he was well fed 
and treated ; and Lieutenant Paulden, with a guard and 
all neceflary articles, was ordered to attend him to the 
place. But, before they could fet out, to the great 
afloniftiment of all. Captain Campbell arrived, and 
unravelled the whole of this extraordinary deception. This 
produced an unexpected revolution. Inftead of receiving 
a reward for his golden difcoveries, the impoftor was 
immediately taken into cuftody, with two others, fuppofed 
to be concerned in carrying on the artifice. The next day 
he was examined, with great privacy and ftridlnefs ; but no 
fatisfadory elucidation being obtained from him, he was 
ordered to be feverely whipped. Subfequently to this 
punifhment, of which he was prepared to expedl a weekly 
repetition, between the intervals of hard labour, and to be 
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