قراءة كتاب An Account of the English Colony in New South Wales, Volume 1 With Remarks on the Dispositions, Customs, Manners, Etc. of The Native Inhabitants of That Country. to Which Are Added, Some Particulars of New Zealand; Compiled, By Permission, From The Mss.

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An Account of the English Colony in New South Wales, Volume 1
With Remarks on the Dispositions, Customs, Manners, Etc. of The
Native Inhabitants of That Country. to Which Are Added, Some
Particulars of New Zealand; Compiled, By Permission, From
The Mss.

An Account of the English Colony in New South Wales, Volume 1 With Remarks on the Dispositions, Customs, Manners, Etc. of The Native Inhabitants of That Country. to Which Are Added, Some Particulars of New Zealand; Compiled, By Permission, From The Mss.

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criminal court assembled
A settler executed for murder
The Susan sails
A civil court held
An American ship arrives from Boston
A long-boat lost
Deaths
Weather
A temporary church opened at Parramatta
Appointments
The Supply sails for Norfolk Island and the Cape
Account of stock
Land in cultivation, and numbers in the colony
A murder committed
Britannia sails for England
General observations

CONCLUSION

Comprising particulars of the Britannia's voyage to England; with remarks on the state of Norfolk Island, and some account of New Zealand.

Particulars of the state of Norfolk Island to the time when the ships left it:

Court of Judicature
Number of Inhabitants
Male Convicts
State of Cultivation
Appropriation of the Land
Statement of the Stock belonging to Government and individuals on the 18th October 1796
Hours of Labour
Ordinary Price of Labour
Average Prices of Provisions raised on the Island
Account of Grain raised on Norfolk Island, from the 6th of March 1788 (when it was first settled) to October 1796
Account of Births and Deaths from November 12th, 1791, to September 31st, 1796
State of the Flax Manufactory
An Account of New Zealand and its inhabitants
A Short Vocabulary of the New Zealand Language

APPENDICES

General Remarks
Government and Religion
Stature and Appearance
Habitations
Mode of Living
Courtship and Marriage
Customs and Manner
Superstition
Diseases
Property
Dispositions
Funeral Ceremonies
Language

POSTSCRIPT

LIST OF PLATES

Chart of the three harbours of Botany Bay, Port Jackson, and Broken Bay, showing the cultivated grounds in and about the different settlements, with the course of the Rivers Hawkesbury and Nepean, and the situation of the wild cattle to the westward of the last-mentioned river.

View of the Governor's house at Rose Hill in the township of Parramatta.

By water to Parramatta, with a distant view of the western mountains.

Eastern view of Sydney.

Western view of Sydney Cove.

Direct south view of Sydney.

South-east view in Sydney, including the church, etc.

North view of Sydney Cove.

Baker's Farm on the banks of the river.

Western view of Toongabbie.

Portraits of Ben-nil-long, Wo-lar-ra-bar-ray, Wo-gul-trow-el Boin-ba, and Bun-de-bun-da.

The Brick Field, or High Road to Parramatta.

View of Sydney in Norfolk Island.

Facsimile of a chart of New Zealand, drawn by Too-gee.

Saunderson's Farm.

Yoo-long Erah-ba-diang, No. 1

Yoo-long Erah-ba-diang, No. 2

Yoo-long Erah-ba-diang, No. 3

Yoo-long Erah-ba-diang, No. 4

Yoo-long Erah-ba-diang, No. 5

Yoo-long Erah-ba-diang, No. 6

Yoo-long Erah-ba-diang, No. 7

Yoo-long Erah-ba-diang, No. 8

Ceremony of burning a corpse.


INTRODUCTION

A VOYAGE TO NEW SOUTH WALES

SECTION I

Transports hired to carry convicts to Botany Bay
The Sirius and the Supply commissioned
Preparations for sailing
Tonnage of the transports
Persons left behind
Two convicts punished on board the Sirius
The Hyaena leaves the Fleet
Arrival of the fleet at Teneriffe
Proceedings at that island
Some particulars respecting the town of Santa Cruz
An excursion made to Laguna
A convict escapes from one of the

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