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    * rteiTrJM 4 r TRfe /** ) 1 i ™ < ! 6 £ * : this ^ iten ^ l ^ p in sTtfeV Jh liftoff , ' rel ^ i & ^ ri qh 6 Mf loiizjii ^ fni y ' ain . ^ xjieetejct it ) ; ilM ^^ tt ^ ptfe ' Ul 6 ^ deilciiBS - * <*> fir remdve < Tfr # n 1 tfie eye dfcdntrol . "Suph a man as Cfipt . Kink , "Rowever .

    \ £ t ± governor Vf NorfoTK fsfand ; would ^ 6 'tiVucfi . I have reaso n to think him Ifa honest as he is active arid en light- ! eh ' ed . Such a man with a fourth , 1 believe a tenth , of the present expence , Alight make this the cheapest ana mdst plentiful market , and most plentiful country in the empire of Great

    Britain . Of ( his Wonderful country wa have little or no knowledge , except a small portion of the sea coast of a corner of it . With tvfro armed ships and a schooner , on purpose for the use of th £ colony , no discovery has been attempted . Sii&h things are never thought of ; and if a private adventurer uri < fe ^ faj | es ttf ern , he is discouraged . ChancV nowever has done something , ^ f he ^ Sydney-cove , a large ship from

    Seagal to this place , was wrecked on mW exfest in lat . 41 . 47 . The mate afad'dthers fefi the wreck in the long f > oatt unf ^ fJunaHtly in the tempestuous % if&cr ' season , and this was again wrecked on the coast . But the supercirkb afriji two otliers , after innumefabTeitfatuihips , arrived safe . By this fWearilsvve learn , that where the

    Syclney-6 qvfe wa § wrecked , ' the ' re is an arcHi-M& ^ of I stah ^ , vvvth ; 4 strong ride afly ^ u ^ fWt ftpni e&t ^ o ' west , and ' vice * * $ tsa ; from Wni 6 l | 'tf ratloi ^ r coWectta ^; m ay ^ e forfned ' that ' tWere is a $ && & ' ' qti ' He through" thW island . m&u 14 this cotijecture be true ^ and £ Hf 3 passage shotild be ' navSgahfe , the rasteja : e * s' India would be ver \ r

    consilfe ¥ ai ) t y shortened . The country is d ^ c ' ribeicFas totally different frorn tlils , very rich and fertile , abounding in nines arid firs , of Which there in not oiie heW . In all the ihtercojiirse of whites with the ur&o ^ rupied native ^ of th > s country , Ihey have found them * rnnst kihd , hutn&ne , and generous . Wh ^ Hr * the mate jmd supercafgo Were # |^ k « d , nd ciV * H 4 M « titopearirs cmi 1 < £

    e ^ eed them in kindness . Tlj ey ' s « rppfk « lthem ih ab ^ diitic ^ , and sneces-« fW plfrtre * of ftesh mtive

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    J . c / iwrJZom Thomas Mmr % E # ? . and the Rev * 71 F . Palmer . 8 fj £ id

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    Unfortunately , the caj ^ enter sta tp keep him comp ^ TJy / VnE th e rest proceeded and arrived safe . The carpeitter churlish and avaricioii ? , aind without sense or foresight , seizecf ^ tnei ^ fi § 6 * would give them nothing in returfi ^ wl offended them ^ so thitch , that the - £ rst mate , whom they were fond of , Te * Il a victim to his folly , and they both perished . My most worthy friend Mr . Bass , surgeon of the Reliance , went

    out on purpose to find these two . He found only their boties . He was accompanied by the inpst scientific people in the language , though by none more fban b y himself $ and' natives of tiU accjuaintance told Kirn the aibove . Bte returned only yesterday . He cbnfir ^ iris the above account o ^ tne cduntry . * H « s says there are several species of treiss

    not found here . But , what is more important , he has discovered a seam of coal , seven miles long , great jpart of which , by the inequality of the grodiid , i s a hove grou n d . H e h a s Hro ' ugh t tfcf me three bags , it burns capitally , some of which the governor sends by thfe sM 5 p ( the Britannia , Capt . Dennet ) to ';^ S ! r ' Joseph Banks . The coal is not rfisjfant

    twenty yards from the sea , arid af $ jfcit 45 miles distant , by sea , frbrrflieAciftf We are tbld by people Wh ^ 6 tt ^ ve been there , that in thettopicaf re ^ fon * of this country all kind of frplMc ^ t ptfoudctiohs kfeouna . A liitle b # ond port Stedheml about a degreerj 0 irfV . M \ f ftortit of this :- the coimtW and'l ^

    ptoductions ^ ch ^ n& . * tHere xi a sdYf ^ a ^ Te iiPir d&p * rfe ^ / tipiti ^ UhH ifidt wifhirjiut . wiffl lbtxr ^ pS . - It groWfli ^ p the he % ^ f of ^ d ^ eet ; Without bran 3 ie ^ Th ^ fruit'ls fe ^ resented as large ^ 2 i 9 ji Htscfdlis , and highly nutricious . ^ TKe c 6 htitry p roducing moVe , ' the natrVes are - larger anrf more nitmetoiis tnSri hisrhr . Sevnrr cbrrvicts Ifted frvS jj&A arobng tnern . I have rtpeaftedly ' ctriir ^ f sed wrth th « m . THey were ricWrv ^ d

    and Supported with singular klnah ^ ss ahd'hospttalriv . Tf these people d > e to BeUeinev ^ d , tfrey took the wmtes ** tb Be fhte gfibsfe of trreH- derparted ^ firfein ^ \* how < fc ? ath haa ^^ ' de -white - Tltey irVtriiired *^ ry j ^ artrctrTafly after tiiSr f ^ mer ^/ hi otb ^ fsV aTicl alMheir rSft ( ftiVi % and h 6 w thev eniDloved them selves .

    I believe this account , because wtreti Gaj > tr firotighton ^ of- \ h& j ? itmdcncc sj «^ p , 0 i }; w ^ r ,. toak tbeae con vie to aT » vaty , t ^ e ^ atiyes hr ^ iigUt * two aoai ^ ji ^ ing rtien on board , begging-C 3 Skptr Br 6 Ut ^

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), May 2, 1817, page 265, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2464/page/9/