“ They viewed each other with the most murderous feeling, jealous of the possession of the only axe which they carried amongst them, lest one should drive it into the head of the other; for that was the mode of slaughter upon on another, while the wretched victim was asleep. The demon of evil had possession, and walked in the midst of them. Every principle—every feeling of humanity was dead amongst them. Robertson called himself a Protestant, and M,Queen, a Roman Catholic—that is, they had sprung from parents professing these persuasions ”

“ We ate greedily the flesh, never sparing it, just as if we expected to meet with a whole bullock next day. I used to carry the axe by day, and lay it under me at night. I thought I was safe, forgetting that they had knives and razors. Before we had ate all Coventry’s flesh M‘Oueen started up, one night, looking horribly, and bade me come with him to get some snares to catch a kangaroo. We left Fagan by the fire, and when we had gone about 200 yards he asked me to sit down. ”

“ We have already stated that the party of runaways from Macquarrie Harbour, contisted originally of five men, viz.—Richard Hutchinson, commonly called Up-and-down Dick, a tall man, who had, at one time, a large flock of sheep, and a herd of cattle, at Berk-hut plains, between the Clyde and Shannon, near the spot where Culny Park now is, the estate of Captain Clark; of an old man named Coventry, about 60 years of age; Patrick Fagan, a boy of a most depraved character, aged about 18 years; and the two malefactors, Robertson and M‘Queen, who suffered on the gallows on Friday. ”