40 PREPARATIONS 1787 Native women. Exile. in which case they should be encouraged, if they are industrious, by being allowed to work one day in the week more than the unmarried on their own lots of ground. The natives may, it is probable, permit their women to marry and live with the men after a certain time, in which case I should think it necessary to punish with severity the man who used the woman ill ; and I know of no punishment likely to answer the purpose of deterring others so well as exiling them to a distant spot, or to an island, where they would be obliged to work hard to gain their daily subsistence, and for which they would have the necessary tools; but no two to be together, if it could be avoided. Otpitai Rewarding and punishing the convicts must be left to the So? n«!e?-"* Governor ; he will likely be answerable for his conduct^ and death,
- ^'- I should think, will never be necessary. In fact, I doubt if the
feai» of death ever prevented a man of no principle from commit- ting a bad action. There are two crimes that would merit death — murder and sodomy ; for either of these crimes I should wish to confine the criminal till an opportunity offered of delivering him as a prisoner to the natives of New Zealand, and let them eat him. The dread of this will operate much stronger than the fear of death. As the getting a large quantity of stock together will be my first great object, till that is obtained the garrison should, as in Gibraltar, not be allowed to kill any animal without first reporting his stock and receiving permission. This order would only be necessary for a certain time, and I mention it here only to show the necessity of a military government ; and as I mean in every matter of this kind to set the example, I think that I can say this will never occasion any uneasiness. But, if it should, it will be absolutely necessary, otherwise we shall not do in ten years what I hope to do in four. Women may be brought from the Friendly and other islands, a proper place prepared to receive them, and where they will be sup ported for a time, and lots of land assigned to such as marry with the soldiers of the garrison. As I would not wish convicts to lay the foundations of an Empire, I think they should ever remain separated from the garrison and other settlers that may come from Europe, and not Live stock. MiUtary jfovern- inent. litUnd women. The founda- tions of an £mpire. Digitized by Google
