Lieut. King And His Little Garrison Were Well When The 'Supply' Left Them:
But I Am Sorry To Add, That, From Casualties, Their Number Is Already Five Less
Than It Originally Was.
A ship from hence is ready to sail with an increase
of force, besides many convicts for the purpose of sawing up timber,
and turning the flax-plant to advantage.
So much for Norfolk. In Port Jackson all is quiet and stupid as could
be wished. We generally hear the lie of the day as soon as the beating
of the Reveille announces the return of it; find it contradicted by breakfast
time; and pursue a second through all its varieties, until night,
welcome as to a lover, gives us to sleep and dream ourselves transported
to happier climes.
Let me not, however, neglect telling you the little news which presents itself.
All descriptions of men enjoy the highest state of health; and the convicts
continue to behave extremely well. A gang of one hundred of them, guarded
by a captain, two subalterns and 20 marines, is about to be sent up to the head
of the harbour, at the distance of 3 leagues, in a westerly direction,
from Sydney Cove, for the purpose of establishing a settlement there.
The convicts are to be employed in putting the land around into cultivation,
as it appears to be of a more promising nature than that near the encampment.
Indeed this last hitherto succeeds but very indifferently, though I do not
yet despair, that when good seeds can be procured, our toil will be better
rewarded.
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