BY JAMES KELLY. 163 



ward and a Heavy Sea Heaving into tin Cov< , this Day 



lad a Glorious'* Feed for Dinner Two Black Swans" 

 One Roasted (stuck up) the other a Sea Pie a three Decker 

 in the Large Iron Pot a first Rate Christmas'' Dinner 

 on the Wee1 Cbasrf of, Van Diamans Land after Dinner" 

 We Named the Cove Christmas Cove" by throwing" a 

 Glass of Brandy into the Sail Water and Tin Hearty 

 Cheers for ill.' ocasiond — on the 26th the Gal.' abated 

 on th'' 27th in the Morning we Launched with a Light 

 B from tin Southard and proceeded along Shore t<> 



the Northward hi the fore Noon the Wind freshened and 

 Blew Strong 3.S.E1 Run C along Shore until! the 



Evening Win re we. Hauled up on a Small Sandy Beach. 

 inside of Some High Rocks thai Li - a Licit Distanct 

 from the 'Shore and about Six Miles to the Southard of 

 Macquarii ' Harbour at Noon this day Passed Point 

 Hibbs" Close too and Examined it on the Mornii _ 

 the 28th Launched Weathei Calm Pulled along Shon 

 to the Northward al Noon Rounded a projecting | 

 Which opened to an Inlet" to the South East, we found a 

 Strong Cnn nt Running oul Which .Mad us Believe 

 there must be a Li in the South East Direct!) n 



The Whole face of the Coast Was, on fire and Lucky 

 it Was for us it Was on fire, for the Smoke was so thick 

 Wo Could not See a Hundred yard- a Head of the I 

 on puling into the "Narrows" at the Small Entrant i- 

 land We Heard a Larg Nuniber of Natives Shouting and 

 Making a Great Noise as if they Were Hunting Kan 

 garxx 



It was Lucky the Smoke was So thick foi Had the 

 Natives Seen the Boat passing through the Narrow En 

 trance it is possibli they would have Killed Every person 

 on Board by Volleys' of Stones and Spears" in thair usual 

 Way 



in the afternoon the Smoke ('hand off a little we 

 fovmd ourselves in t Large Sheel of Wal r Neaa a Small 

 Island Where we Landed and found plenty of Black 

 Swans on thair Nests, and plenty of thair Eggs we Re 

 maind on the Island, the Night Which Kept us Safe 

 from the Natives on the 29th the Morning was deal we 

 Could see Nearly all over the Harbour this Island Was 

 Named Elizabeth Island in honor of Mrs. Gordon" Wife 

 of James Gordon" Eq. of Pit Water" in Van I). Land. 

 the Harbour was. Named Macquariie" Harbour in Honor 

 of the then Governor of N w South Wales" — we Launched 

 and pulled to a point on the South Shore Nearly Oposite 

 the Island Where we Caught about a Dozen fat Black 

 Swans" to Eat we Had four of our Stock Left that we 



