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 STATE OF THE SETILBHEKT IN 1792. ^'^ But, during the greater part of Pliillip's term, the convicts lived in a state of senu-starvation^ and were incapable of any considerable manual exertion. The failure which attended PhilUp^s strenuous suid perseyering efforts cannot be understood, nor can the responsibility for that &ilure be placed where it should properly rest, unless the dicnm- stances under which the settlement was supplied with food and other necessaries are carefully studied.