FOOTNOTES:
[56] Introduction to Phillip's Voyages.
[57] Bentham's Works, part iii. p. 122.
[58] Bentham's Works, part iii. p. 7.
[59] London, in the Eighteenth Century, by Charles Knight.
[60] A bill was brought into parliament by Mr. Bennet: it was, however, maintained that the total abolition of such rewards would be pernicious. The heir at law of a person killed in pursuit of a highwayman, was still entitled to £40 and a Tyburn ticket, which exempted the holder from serving on a jury, and other civil liabilities.
[61] Par. Papers: quoted by Bentham, p. 174.
[62] Collins, vol. i. p. 179.
SECTION IV
The convicts first sent to New Holland, entered on the voyage with dread. The letters they addressed to their friends, while the fleet lay at anchor, were examined by the officers: they were filled with lamentations. They deeply deplored, that the distance of their exile cut off the hope of return; the perils of so long a voyage alone seemed frightful: should they reach the shores of New Holland, they expected to be destroyed by savages, or to pine away in want. The females seemed least to fear their banishment; and while several of the men were deeply moved, a spectator, who curiously remarked the mental influence of their prospects, saw only one woman weep.[64]