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 HISTORY OF NEW SOUTH WALES. PHILLIP AND ROSS. Prom Angust, 1 789, to February, 1 790, the Records are silent 1789 concerning the relations which existed between Governor Phillip and Major Ross. This very silence may, however, be an indication that the terms npon which they were well kno'wn to stand with each other had not improved. It is evident from the correspondence of August, 1789,* that the Governor and Lieutenant-Governor had each taken steps to represent his case to the authorities in England. Phillip, pwiup'a in tie meantime, displayed the greatest forbearance and self-control. He was, apparently, content to let matters rest ; and if he did not forget the disagreeable subject, he kept it ont of view as much as possible. Ross, on the other Ross's. hand, seems to have nursed his wrath to keep it warm. At length the resentment that had been smouldering for six months showed itself openly in February, 1790, when Phillip was given to understand — ^the intimation seems to have come from Ross — that he had not paid proper attention to certain complaints which the Lieutenant-Governor had ownpuinte made regarding the conduct of the Judge- Advocate, Captain Coi"™-' Collins. The matter is dealt with at some length in Phillip's letter to Nepean, 12th February, 1790.t The compkiuts made by Ross were trivial in the extreme ; and — snch as they were — had been explained, at the time^ VOL, IL — A
 * Hutorical SecorcU, vol. i, part 2, pp. 262-265. f ^K P- 301.