onduct, neglect or wilful mismanagement of work, neglect of duty,
indecent or abusive language, swearing, insolence, or other disorderly
conduct."]

[Footnote 189: Arthur.]

[Footnote 190: Arthur's despatch to Lord Goderich.]

[Footnote 191: It was not uncommon for four in their number to consume
one gallon of rum at a sitting. Incredible as this may appear, it stands
upon indubitable testimony; and one of the witnesses, had he been
classical, might have said--_Pars magna fui_.]

[Footnote 192: Arthur's despatch to Lord Howick, 1832.]

[Footnote 193: "Several went out with me on these very terms: and among
them one merry youth of two-and-twenty, whose father had been
transported when he was a child. His elder brother followed the fortunes
of his father by special invitation. On our arrival the elder brother
came alongside, and introduced the younger brother and father (who, of
course, were strangers to each other). 'When may we expect Jem?' was the
question put shortly after the preliminary congratulations."--_Two
Years_, &c., vol. ii. p. 259.

"I shall conclude this subject with a short anecdote, which fully
illustrates how little a convict cares for transportation, or rather how
much he prefers it. A gentleman, who came home passenger in the same
vessel with myself, brought with him a convict as a domestic. I asked
him what were his future plans? He replied, that he meant to go and see
his mother, if she was alive; but if she was dead, he, to use his own
words, would 'frisk a crib,' (_Anglice_--rob a shop) or do something to
lag him for seven years again, as he was perfectly aware that he could
not work hard enough to get his living in England."--_Widowson's present
state of V. D. Land_, 1829. p. 65.

"In order to show the opinions entertained by some of the convicts, as
regards the colony, I will give an extract from one of the sundry
letters which I have read, written by them to their friends in England,
using the writer's own language and punctuation, but altering the
spelling. He requests that his wife will come out, and bring their
children with her, and then proceeds as follows: 'I am perfectly well
satisfied with my situation thanks be to God that has placed me under
those that does not despise a prisoner. No, my love, I am (not?) treated
as a prisoner but as a free man, there is no one to say a wrong word to
me. I have good usage, plenty of good meat, and clothes with easy work.
I have 362 sheep to min