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schooner Endeavour, from March 9th, 1803, to May 28th, 

 1804, got 9,514 skins ; the schooner Surprise, from March 

 11th, 1803, to September 15th, 1803, got 15,480 skins._ In 

 September, 1803, a vessel brought in to Sydney 11,000 skins." 

 Sufficient has been stated to show what the value of this 

 fishery might have been if ordinary forbearance had been 

 exercised, and it now only remains, as the past is irrevocable, for 

 those who are interested in the Natural History of these 

 islands to endeavour to procure examples of the different 

 species still existing, in order to clear up as far as possible 

 the doubts as to the nomenclature, before their final ex- 

 tinction. 



