My Next Visit Was To The Cattle,
Which Consists Of Two Stallions, Six Mares, And Two Colts; Besides
Sixteen Cows, Two Cow-Calves, And One Bull-Calf, Which Were Brought Out
By The Gorgon.
Two bulls which were on board died on the passage, so that
on the young gentleman just mentioned depends the stocking of the colony.
The period of the inhabitants of New South Wales being supplied with
animal food of their own raising is too remote for a prudent man to calculate.
The cattle look in good condition, and I was surprised to hear that
neither corn nor fodder is given to them. The enclosures in which
they are confined furnish hardly a blade of grass at present. There are
people appointed to tend them who have been used to this way of life,
and who seem to execute it very well.
Sunday, December 4th, 1791. Divine service is now performed here
every Sunday, either by the chaplain of the settlement or the chaplain
of the regiment. I went to church today. Several hundred convicts
were present, the majority of whom I thought looked the most miserable
beings in the shape of humanity I ever beheld. They appeared to be
worn down with fatigue.
December, 5th. Made excursions this day to view the public settlements.
Reached the first, which is about a mile in a north-west direction
from the governor's house. This settlement contains, by admeasurement,
134 acres, a part of which is planted with maize, very backward,
but in general tolerably good, and beautifully green.
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