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Updated: May 12, 2025
Of those convicts who were received from the last ships, one hundred and fourteen males, and two females, died before the 15th of December: the number of sick had considerably decreased lately; the surgeon's list being now reduced from six hundred and two to four hundred and three. The Matilda and the Mary-Ann transports came into the harbour on the 16th; these ships had been out but nine days.
The Mary-Ann transport returned from Norfolk-Island on the 8th, having landed all the stores, provisions, and convicts safe; but they had lost a boat in going off from the island: the sailors, however, were all saved.
"That is his head," said Tant Sannie, "that is his head." "But what might it be?" asked the German, looking from one to the other, churn-stick in hand. A low hollow bellow prevented reply, and the voice of Bonaparte lifted itself on high. "Mary-Ann! my angel! my wife!" "Isn't it dreadful?" said Tant Sannie, as the blows were repeated fiercely. "He has got a letter; his wife is dead.
The Matilda and the Mary-Ann transports returned from their fishing-cruize on the 10th of November. These vessels had run to the southward in search of seals, and met with very bad weather, but saw no fish. The Matilda had put into Jervis-Bay, which, according to the master's account, is a very fine harbour, the anchorage very good, and capable of receiving the largest ships.
Naturally I did what I could to make him comfortable and, till his bungalow was furnished after a fashion, gave him our spare room. Sergeant Barker was the ideal Cavalryman and the ideal breaker of hearts, hearts of the Mary-Ann and Eliza-Jane order.
Calvert's ships, and having no prospect of getting any good weather, I thought it most prudent to come in and refit the ship, and compleat my casks and fill my water, and by that time the weather would be more moderate. The day after we came in, the Mary-Ann came in off a cruize, having met with very bad weather, shipped a sea, and washed her try-works overboard.
The Matilda had been into Jervis-Bay, but had not seen any spermaceti whales. The Mary-Ann fell in with one shoal; it was in the evening when all the boats were absent from the ship: the master was in hopes they should have the fish about them the next morning, but he had the mortification to find that a current had driven the ship fifty miles to the southward.
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