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Turbulent a set of transports, and such infamous Characters in other respects, that you really Sir Cannot Imagine the Mischief they do; Those whom we have latterly receiv'd have poisond the Minds of the other Convicts, whom I was gradually bringing back to a State of Order & Obedience, & to a More favorable Opinion of their Situation in this Country, but since the last Arrivals we have had Robberys of the most Cruel & Wanton kind Committed; it is really distressing to Observe, how frequently our Industry is disappointed; Such decent Characters as may be inclind to exort themselves for their own & familys Comfort, are so dispirited by their field or Garden being plunderd before its Contents are fit for use, & their little Stocks [indecipherable] of the Sty or from the Roost; so that they are seldom allowd to reap the fruits of their labours
The two last Cargo's must have been really & truly of the very worst discription, when the Nation in time of Such a War coud not furnish proper employment for them. It appears to me Sir Joseph, who May be ignorant of the true Motives for filling this Country with such Characters, that it is rather an impolitic Step, & dangerous to the prosperity of an infant Colony to have it wholly made of a People whom nothing but the Continual lash of the Cat can prompt to any kind of labour. Were the Colony to be dependent upon a Voluntary industry from them, we must inivitably perish; had the first System of Discipline been Constantly adherd to, & I am sure