[40] Obtaining goods from a tradesman by false pretences, or by a forged order in writing.

[41] Throwing snuff in the eyes of a shopkeeper, and then running off with such money or valuable property as may lay within reach.

[42] See the evidence of William Alderman.

[43] A short confinement is here meant.

[44] The settlement or camp at Hawkesbury, now called, the town of Windsor.

[45] Governor King was a post-captain in the navy, and principal commander of the Buffalo, having a second (acting) captain under him. The Buffalo had been stationed in N.S.W. ever since the year 1802, and was now relieved by the Porpoise, in which ship Governor Bligh arrived.

[46] Now Surveyor-General of New South Wales.

MEMOIRS OF JAMES HARDY VAUX.
IN TWO VOLUMES. VOLUME II.