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Two Voyages to New South Wales and Van Diemen's Land
Two Voyages to New South Wales and Van Diemen's Land Author:Thomas Reid Subtitle: With a Description of the Present Condition of That Interesting Colony: Including Facts and Observations Relative to the State and Management of Convicts of Both Sexes. Also Reflections on Seduction and Its General Consequences General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1822 Original Publisher: Printed for Longm... more »an, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown Subjects: Transportation of convicts Convicts Convict ships New South Wales Tasmania Penal colonies Exiles New South Wales Exiles Tasmania Exiles Prisoners, Transportation of Great Britain Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: " HONOURED SlR, " Morley, at Sea, Aug. 28, 182 0. " As the voyage, through Divine Providence, is now near its close, and feeling as we do, indeed as we ought, the full force of your good-will towards us, it would ill accord with the impressions on our minds, fixed there by your faithful performance of every good office for the promotion of our comfort and our good, did we not assure you of our gratitude, and offer you our thanks. " These latter, it is true, are but of little worth; but they are the offerings of sincerity, and we know you will not despise them : the former will, we trust, be kept fresh within us to the latest days of our pilgrimage below, by thinking on your many virtues, and by the recollection of your truly benevolent and unceasing attention to our various wants and best interests during the passage. If, Sir. we consider the numerous cases which required your professional skill and attendance among us, we are reminded of your promptitude and attention, whether required by day or by night. -- If we reflect on your zeal for our moral and religious improvement, we feel how much we owe, and...« less