Letter received by Banks from Henry Waterhouse, 16 July 1806 (Series 23.43) - No. 0002

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be lost to the Colony) offer'd to take half, [indecipherable] receiv'd thirteen, and I took Govr Kings on board[?] the Reliance, Coln Paterson took his to England to present to Sir I Sinclair.  We paid Mrs Gordon four pounds a piece for them, the expences on delivery, was about one pound a head more, the expence for food & for the passage was very considerable, unfortunatly Govr Kings sheep had been brought to the Cape Town some time before ours, & put with some others, by which they became diseas'd  & communicated it to ours, his three died soon after they came on board, I do not recollect the number I had alive when I arriv'd at Port Jackson, but think more than half, Capt Kent who I understood shared his with Lieut Braithwaite, I believe lost all, from the circumstance of his applying to me for one immediatly on my arrival, I do not recollect if Lieut Braithwaite had one or two alive.

I offer'd all mine to the Governor but I suppose he was satisfy'd as they were in the Colony, as he declin'd purchasing them.

Capt McArthur then offerd me fifteen Guineas a head provided I would let him have the whole