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employ'd in the Seal fishery, in bringing Grain from the River Hawkesbury, & Coals from a settlement call'd Newcastle. I am inform'd they have each handsom houses at Sydney, keep their Gig, with saddle horses for themselves & friends, have two sorts of Wine, & that of the best quality on their Tables at Dinner. How they settle the point of precedence, whether by the purse, or the Newgate calender, I have not heard. I knew a Man myself who I have seen myself as a Convict at work at the hoe, & punish'd by the hangman for improper behaviour, who when I left that place in 1800, hardly ever went out but on horse back with a servant in livery mounted following with his great Coat strapped to his back; if wishing to go from Sydney to the Hawkesbury & back in one day had relays of horses on the Road, or his Gig to meet him. I believe Sir Joseph, by this time you are tired.I am Sir
Your Oblig'd
Obedient Servt
H Waterhouse
June. 10th 1806