SAIL FROM HOBARTON. ^41 



of kangaroo, Halmaturus Bennett'ii.'^ Another 

 object that interested me greatly was a quarry 

 of travertine limestone, in the neiohbourhood of 

 Hobarton, where I saw the irapressionf of leaves 

 of plants, not in existence at present, and of a few 

 shells of ancient species. 



We sailed from Hobarton on the 19th of July 

 and carried a stroncr fair wind to within a few 

 days' sail of Sydney, when we experienced a current 

 that set us 40 miles S.E. in 24 hours ; this was the 

 more extraordinary as we did not feel it before, and 

 scarcely afterwards ; and our course being parallel 

 to the shore, was not likely to have brought us 

 suddenly within the influence of the currents said 

 to prevail along the coast. The ship's position 

 was 40 miles east of Jervis Bay when we first 

 met it. 



July 24. — This morning the clearness of the 

 atmosphere enabled us at an elevation of 50 feet, 

 to distincTuish the light near the entrance of Svdnev 

 Harbour, while at a distance of thirty miles from it. 

 Its site has been admirably chosen for indicating 

 the position of the port from a distance at sea, but 

 it has been placed too far from the entrance to be 



* One of this rare kind, was presented by Sir John Franklin 

 to her Majesty, in whose menagerie at Windsor it died, ;md was 

 sent afterwards to the British Museum, where it now may be 

 seen. 



t Drawings of these impressions, together with the sliells 

 will be found in Count Strzelecki's scientific work. 

 VOL. I, R 



