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He had fitted me out in a semi-military uniform somewhat against his liking, I think, but it was the only sort of rig which was available in the stores. He would have pre- ferred a naval dress, and, indeed, from force of habit, I suppose, he often addressed me as "coxswain. " I dis- charged many of the duties which fell to the lot of a captain's coxswain in the Royal Navy. Sometimes we journeyed to the Green Hills, as the main settlement on the Hawkesbury was called it was afterwards named Wind...sor by Governor Macquarie. Sometimes we went and resided at Parramatta for several weeks. We made 82 THE GOVERNOR'S MAN several expeditions by sea to Broken Bay, and once we sailed to the Coal River, now called Newcastle, of which I was before very long to have so bitter an experience. I have a vivid remembrance of one occasion when I was in attendance upon His Excellency. Since it was an incident that well may serve to illustrate Bligh's char- acter and bearing, I will relate it here. I could easily understand from it why the men of H.
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