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nature of the navigation and other untoward circumstances, 

 we were obliged, on June 2nd, to close our labours from 

 want of provisions, and proceed to Port Essington for a 

 supply. 



We arrived at Port Essington on June 12th, and found 

 here about 70 people who had been wrecked in coming up 

 from Sydney to Torres Strait. These formed the principal 

 part of the crews and passengers of two large merchant 

 vessels, the Hyderabad and the Coringa Packet. They 

 had reached Port Essington in their boats. As the small 

 military post of Port Essington could not support this 

 population long, and no other vessel was likely to put in for 

 some months, we were under the necessity of carrying them 

 up to Singapore. The Prince George, after being partially 

 refitted^ was sent round to Sydney, taking a few of the 

 wrecked prople who wished to return there ; and on June 

 18th we sailed with the remainder in the Fly, and arrived 

 at Singapore on July 5th. 



Sir Thomas Cochrane, the Admiral of the station, being 

 now at Malacca, we went up there to communicate with 

 him, and then returned to Singapore. 



We left that place on August 3rd, and beat down against 

 the trade wind through the Strait of Banca to Anjer in the 

 Strait of Sunda, where we remained August 19th, and 

 sailed on the 20th. The south-east trade carried us to 

 south lat. 30° 15', east long. 89° 05', on August 31st, 

 whence strong south-west winds took us into Bass's Strait 

 and thence to Sydney, where we anchored on September 

 25th. We here found orders awaiting us, directing the 

 Fly to come home, but Lieut. Yule in the Bramble to 

 continue the Survey, with, if possible, a colonial vessel as 

 her consort, under the command of Mr. now Lieut. Aird. 

 The Fly having rubbed her bottom against some of the 

 coral reefs was hove down and examined, and a small 



