CHAPTER XIII.
The Transactions of the Colony continued to the End of May, 1791.
December, 1790.

The Dutch snow from Batavia arrived on the 17th of the month, after a passage of twelve weeks, in which she had lost sixteen of her people.

But death, to a man who has resided at Batavia, is too familiar an object to excite either terror or regret.

All the people of the 'Supply' who were left there sick, except one midshipman, had also perished in that fatal climate.
The cargo of the snow consisted chiefly of rice, with a small quantity of beef, pork, and flour.
A letter was received by this vessel, written by the Shebander at Batavia, to governor Phillip, acquainting him that war had commenced between England and Spain.

As this letter was written in the Dutch language we did not find it easy of translation.