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. The coafts of the {land abj'jnd with very fine fifh- 

 No opportunities were ever lolt of fending the boat out, 

 \vhich enabled us to make a faving of two pounds of 

 meat, each man, a week. 



he coalls of the ifland are in e;eneral fteep too, and, 

 excepting at Sydney, Anfon, Ball, and Calcade Bays, 

 they are inacceffible, being furrounded by lleej) p^^rpen- 

 dicular cliffs rifmg from the fea. Some rocks are fcat- 

 tered about clofe to the (hore. 



Sydney Bay, on the fouth fide of the ifland, is where 

 the fettlement is made: Landing at this place entirely 

 depends on the wind and the weather; I have feen as 

 good 1 mding as in the Thames, for a fortnight or three 

 wfeeks together, and I have often feen it impracticable 

 to land for ten or ' twelve days fucceffively ; but it is 

 much oftener good landing than bad. 



Anfon Bay is a fmall bay with a fandy beach, where 

 landing is in general good, with an oft-lhore wind and 

 moderate weather ; but as the interior parts of the ifl- 

 and are fo difficult of accefs from thence, no fliip's boats 

 have evcy landed there. 



Ball Bay is on the fouth-eaft fide of the ifland, the 

 beach is a large loofe ftone ; when landing is bad in 

 Sydney Bay, it is very good here, as it alfo is in Caf- 

 cade Bay, on the north fide of the ifland. 



During the winter months, viz. from April to Au. 

 guft, the general winds are the fouth and fouth-weft, 

 with heavy gales at times. In the fummer, the fouth- 

 eafi; wind blows almoft conftant. 



The fpring is vifible in Augufl:; Lut the native trees, 

 and many plants in the ifland, are in a conftant ftaie ot 

 flowering: The fummer is warm, and fometimcs the 

 droughts are very great ; all the grain and European 

 plants fcedcd in December ; from February to Auguft, 

 may be called the rainy feafon, not that I think there 

 is any dated times for rains in thefe months, as it is 

 fometimes very fine weath*, for a fortnight together; 

 tut when the rain does fall, it is in torrents. 1 do not 



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