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 54 THE SEOOHB IPLEBT. nnfoxianate. She brought^ it is true^ only a small quantity of provisions^ hat if she had arrived a few months earlier it womld have been known in the colony that arrangements had been made to send out relief, and the knowledge wonld have enconraged and supported the people in the trials they were anderg(»ng. Why this ship was ddayed so long is Voyage not explained in the official reports^ whidi do little more Jnliana than rooord her arrival and departure. Collins and Tench both note the extraordinary length of the voyage, bnt neither gives any reason for it. Collins certainly tdUb ns that the rapid voyage of the Justinian^ which was made in half the time, was owing to the fact that she '^touched only at St. Jago, avoiding, as she had not any convicts on board, the circoitoas passage by the Rio de Janeiro and the Cape of Good Hope.'' This latter route had been taken by the First Fleet, so that supplies of water, fresh pro- visions, and live stock might be obtained on the way. Some vdttuh^ of the fleet sailed badly, and time was lost in keeping the ^^lUifc ships together. Yet the voyage was completed by Phillip in less than eight months. The Lady Juliana, unem- barrassed by a convoy, and not required to obtain supplies for the colony, was ten months on the voyage. How time was wasted may be seen from the fact that she remained seven weeks at Rio and a month at the Cape. It is hardly possible to avoid the conclusion that the voyage was pur- posely prolonged. The loss of time at both places is the more noticeable from the fact, stated by Collins, that the Government had placed a naval officer, lieutenant Thomas Edgar, on board, to see that justice was done to the oonvicts, ''and to guard against any delays on the voyage."* Bererend Biehttrd JoHnaon, dhapUin of the colony. AU tbe oiBoers w«r afterwardc entertained at dinner by the Governor, and in the evening SB address to his Excellency expressive of gratitude and loyalty irat amed v^ob, and in two days after was presented, and very fjraciouBly receiyed." — Tenoh, Oom{dete Aocotoii, p. 47. Thernddress is pnbnshed in the Hiatorioal Seooida» vol. i, part 2» p. 844. • C<^liB8> vol. i, p. 116. lieutenant Edgar had sailed with Captain Cook on his last TOTrnge. fle held the post of maatar on the Discovery.
 * •■• Tie inordinately long passage c£ the Lady Jnliana was*