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 G0VE»N3tfENT. 243 to be got out of the convicts, it was necessary that they 179M4 should not only be well fed, but made contented with their lot. The probability is that if Grose's plan had been acted upon at all times, and under all circumstances, serious trouble would have ensued. Fortunately, although the supply of food in Grose's time was occasionally very low, the period of want was not prolonged, and the danger that menaced the settlement soon passed away.