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10 to be the first settlers of Port Phillip. The land behind us is the abode of civilized people ; that before us, the residence of savages. When, if ever, we shall again enjoy an intercourse with the world, is doubtful and uncertain. We are leaving the civilized world behind us to enter upon a career unknown.” Such were the dolorous sentiments of the early emigrants from Rome to our Father-land, as expressed by Virgil :— But we, alas ! must leave our native land, To pitch our tents on Afvic’s burning sand ; Or sadder still! on Britain’s distant shore, Ne’er to be seen or known of mankind more. The prisoners on board were all males, 367 in number. Seventeen wives of the most respectable among them were allowed to accompany their partners ; one of these died on the passage. But the voyage was deemed too perilous, the transportation too full of horrors, to permit children to share their fate ; only seven little ones followed their fathers. One of these children, of whom we shall speak more here after, not only trod upon the new shore in 1803, but founded the first settlement on the Yarra Yarra in 1835, and now is an influential Member of the Council of Victoria. The military of the party con sisted of the Lieutenant Governor in command, 2 First Lieutenants, 1 Second Lieutenant, 3 Sergeants, 3 Corporals, 1 Drummer, 1 Fifer, and 39 Rank and File. Seven soldiers had their wives. The lieu tenants were Messrs. Sladen, J. M. Johnson and Edward Lord. The civil establishment comprised the Governor, Colonel Collins ; the Chaplain, Rev. Robert Knopwood; the Deputy Commissary General, Lt. Fosbrook ; the Surgeon Superintendent, Dr. E. Foord Bromley ; the Colonial Surgeon, Wm. Anson ; two Assistant Surgeons ; the Surveyor, G. Prideux Harris ; the Superintendents of Convicts, John Clarke and William Patterson; and the Mineralogist, A. W, H. Humphreys. The Governor was to receive £480 a-year. The Chap lain and Surgeon had 10s. a-day. The Commissary, the Surveyor, and the Mineralogist had 7s. 6d. The Superintendents had £50 a-year, and two Overseers £25 each. After six months sailing they saw New Holland on the eighth of October. The day after, they made King’s Island. The historian of the expedition Lt. Tuckey, of the “Calcutta,” then observes, “ From the total want of information respecting the appearance of the land on this coast, we were doubtful as to our situation, and approached the shore with cautious diffidence.” The Governor and Captain Woodriff
