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 Early in Augut, the Albion whaler ran into Broken Bay, to complete her wood and water. She had on board 600 barrels of oil ; but had not been able, through bad weather, to ecure more than a fourth part of the whales which they had killed. They had een an immene number of thee fih.

Toward the latter end of the month 1016 gallons of pirits, being attempted to be landed without a permit, were eized by the centinel on duty.

Information had been received of the death of a convict of the name of Wilon, everal times mentioned in the preceding narrative, and who was better known by that given him by the natives, of Bun-bo-e. This young man had preferred the life of a vagabond, and paed the greater part of his time in the woods with the avages, whom he was upected of intructing in thoe points wherein they could injure the ettlers with the greatet effect, and mot afety to themelves. With the wood natives he had ufficient influence to peruade them that he had once been a black man ; and pointed out a very old woman as his mother, who was weak and credulous enough to acknowledge him as her on. The natives who inhabit the woods are not, by any means, o acute as thoe who live upon the ea-coat. This difference may, perhaps, be accounted for by their equetered manner of living, ociety contributing much to the exercie of the mental faculties. Wilon preumed upon this mental inability; and, having impoed himelf upon them as their countryman, and created a fear and repect for his uperior powers, indulged himelf in taking liberties with their females. However deficient they might be in reaoning faculties, he found, to his cot, that they were uceptible of wrongs ; for, having appropriated, againt her inclinations, a female to his own excluive accommodation, her friends took an opportunity, when he was not in a condition to defend himfelf, to drive a pear through his body, which ended his career for that time, and left them to expect his return at ome future period in any hape that their fancies might form.