[Footnote 105: Bigge, however, states, that Marsden himself was a trafficker in spirits, and felt naturally opposed to the profuse competition he encountered; yet the reader will recollect that this was the common article of barter--its use universal, in even the most correct society; and that it was rather to the disorderly habits of the houses which vended it, than to its consumption, that the most rigid moralists of the day would object.]
[Footnote 107: _Surgeon-superintendent Reid's Voyages to New South Wales._]
The following is a picture of things as they were:--"The madames on board, occupy the few days which elapse before landing in preparing the most dazzling effect, on their descent upon the Australian shore." "With rich silk dresses, bonnets _a la mode_, ear pendants, brooches long, gorgeous shawls and splendid veils, silk stockings, kid gloves, and parasols in hand, dispensing sweet odours from their profusely perfumed forms--they are assigned as servants. The settler expected a servant, but receives a princess."--_Mudie's Felonry._
This is doubtless the language of caricature; but the extravagant pretensions of many, could be scarcely exaggerated.]
[Footnote 112: _Phillip's Voyages_, 1789.]
[Footnote 114: _Abstract of the Emigrant and Emancipist Population in the year_ 1820, _with a schedule of Property belonging to them_: _compiled from the statements of the Emancipists._
--------------------------------+----------------+-------------+ 1820. | Emancipists. | Emigrants | --------------------------------+----------------+-------------+ POPULATION-- | | | Adults | 7,556 | 1158 | Children | 5,859 | 878 | |----------------+-------------+ | 13,415 | 2,436 | | 2,436 |=============| |----------------+ | Excess of Emancipists | 10,979 | | |================| | PROPERTY-- | | | Acres in cultivation | 29,023 | 10,737 | Ditto in pasture | 212,335 | 198,369 | Houses in towns | 1,200 | 300 | Cattle | 42,988 | 28,582 | Sheep | 174,179 | 8,739 | Horses | 2,415 | 1,553 | Swine | 18,563 | 6,804 | Vessels | 15 | 8 | Capital in trade | £150,000 | £100,000 | |================|=============| Total estimated Property | £1,123,600 | £526,136 | | 526,136 |=============| +----------------+ | Excess in favor of Emancipists: | £597,464 | | rather more than as 2 to 1] |================| | | | | --------------------------------+----------------+-------------+