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wished it would no doubt have 

 visited us. N. E. and easterly 

 winds carried us on very agree- 

 ably, and at daylight, tlie 17th, 

 made two small islands of the 

 Loo-choo Group ; and the follow- 

 ing midnight shaved the S. E. 

 point of Great Loo-choo :we saw 

 nothing of it. The night of the 

 22nd returned to us the China 

 Sea, through which we repassed 

 with pleasure ; and made Pulo 

 Aoa on the 4th December, having 

 been absent from it four months 

 and two days. On the following 

 right we had but light airs; yet 

 the current was so strong that in 

 the morning we had Bintany N.E. 

 point west of us. Light airs and 

 a continuance of the current de- 

 tained us from entering the 

 straits until the 10th noon. The 

 13th we anchored oft' Malacca, 

 and sailed again in the evening in 

 company with several ships. The 

 roughness of our copper, which 

 was much injured by the ice, re- 

 tarded our progress with light 

 winds so much, that we did not 

 get into the Ganges until the 

 13th January 1818; when, by 

 God's mercy, our voyage was so 

 far concluded, in the most agree- 

 able manner. Indeed, since stop- 

 ping the last leak, which was oc- 

 casioned by the blow of our 

 anchor when coming down the 

 river, we have enjoyed the most 

 favorable winds and weather I 

 remember to have had on any 

 voyage, and have not had either a 

 gale or squall of any consequence 

 during the same period ; so that 

 our masts, sails, and rigging do 

 not appear to have suffered more 

 injury than they would have re- 

 ceived from mere exposure to 

 the weather, in a like period, 



if under furl 

 Ghaut." 



off Chandpaul 



HEW SOUTH WALES. 



(From the same.) 



The increase in the colony, of 

 cultivation and live stock, from 

 the end of 1813 to the end of 

 1815, has been on acres cultivated 

 3,756, pasture 46,645, horses and 

 mares 437, and sheep 3,706. 

 From 1800 to 1815, or in fifteen 

 years, the increase of stock was 

 surprising, being from 163 horses, 

 their highest number for the first 

 twelve years, to 2,328 ; from 

 1,044 horned cattle, to 25,279 ; 

 and from 6,124 sheep to 62,476 ; 

 without taking into the account 

 the immense quantities of cattle 

 annually killed for the supply of 

 his Majesty's stores and general 

 consumption. 



The following letter from Mr. 

 Oxley, Surveyor-general of New 

 S. Wales, contains the particulars 

 of an interesting exploratory ex- 

 pedition. 



(From the same.) 



Bathurst, August 30, 1817. — 

 " Sir, I have the honor to ac- 

 quaint your Exc. with my arrival 

 at this place last evening, with 

 the persons comprising the expe- 

 dition to the westward, which 

 your Exc. was pleased to place 

 under ray direction. 



" Your Exc. is already inform- 

 ed of my proceedings up to 30th 

 April. The hmits of a letter will 

 not permit me to enter at large 

 into the occurrences of nineteen 

 weeks ; and as I shall have the 

 honor of waiting on your Exc. in 

 a few days, I trust you will have 



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