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 THE GTTABDTAK. 51 January or February, as she might reasonably have been ^^'^ expected to do, the people would not have been put on Privationg starvation allowance, the live stock would not have been destroyed, the cultivation of the land would not have been checked, and the Siriua would not have been cast away at Norfolk Island. The loss of the Guardian is therefore a memorable incident in Australian history, not only on account - of the heroism displayed by Riou and the huidf ul of men who assisted him, but by reason of the untoward iniBueiiee which the calamity exerted on the fortunes of the colony.