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Economy 3
II.Collins

P. 199 March 1799. "The dry weather which had so long prevailed, to
"the great detriment of the cultivated and pasture grounds, was succeeded
"by rain for two or three days, which greatly refreshed the gardens
"that were nearly wholly burnt up, and every where revived the perishing
"vegetation."

P. 289. March 1800. "Accounts of a most alarming nature were
"received from towards the latter end of the month from George's river
"and the Hawkesbury. The weather had, unfortunately for the maize
"now ripe, been uncommonly bad for three weeks, the wind blowing
"a heavy gale accompanied with torrents of rain that very soon
"swelled the river Hawkesbury, and the creeks in George's river beyond
"their banks; laying all the adjacent flat country, with the corn
"on it, under water. Much damage, of course, followed the desolation
"which this ill-timed flood spread over the cultivated grounds, &,
"although fewer than could have been expected, some lives lost. —

"The prospect of an abundant maize harvest was wholly
"destroyed, and every other work was suspended for a while, to prepare
"the ground a second time this season for wheat. The settlement was
"yet too young to be able to withstand such a succession of ill-fortune
"without its being felt, in some degree, an inconvenience and expence
"to the mother country. Had the settlers themselves in general
"been of a more industrious turn, they would have been better
"prepared for such accidents; and it was much to be lamented,
"that, in establishing them on the banks of the Hawkesbury, they
"had not with more attention considered the manifest signs of the
"floods to which the river appeared to the first discoverers to be liable,
"and erected their dwellings upon the higher grounds; or that the
"inundations which had lately happened had not occurred at an
"earlier period, when there were but few settlers. These indeed
"had been as such as formerly no one had any conception of,
"and exceeded in horror and destruction any thing that could
"have been imagined." —

P. 334. "The Hawkesbury had again un inundated the adjacent
"country; and many of the settlers, who had farms on its
"banks, had in despair totally abandoned them."

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