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Introduction and Contents Descendant: A. Maie We left Elizabeth and Anthony at the end of last year with the exciting arrival of the Dutch snow,  Waaksamheyd, and it's cargo of flour, rice and salt. Although the Waaksamheyd ’s load of provisions was not quite what it should have been, it supplemented the colony’s better than expected yield of wheat and barley in January, and the colony was able to remain on full rations.  Then in mid January Henry Edward Dodd, the superintendent of convicts at Rose Hill, died.  This was a bitter blow to Phillip who had considered Dodd to be ‘the only person in this settlement equal to that charge’ (i.e. directing the convict’s labour).  According to Judge-Advocate Collins his funeral service was attended by all the free people and convicts at Rose Hill, which would probably have included Elizabeth, Anthony and Robert.   Drought, lack of provisions and Anthony ‘buys’ some shoes The summer was severe.   There had been no real rain since the pre