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Q HA P. altliough It was flood-tide...: Xlii- -I could no way accolint 

 w. — .^-^ for, but by fuppoflng that we vv.re in the entrance of a 

 jliy.' ftreight, leading out .diredily to lea. 



TJiurfdayzO. 



A LIGHT breeze coming on icon afterwards, enabled us 

 to work well into the harbour j and at half paft feven 

 o'clock we anchored in eleven fathoms water, over a 

 bottom of black muddy Jand, and moored with the beft 

 bower to the fea, and the ftream cable bent to a fpare an- 

 chor towards the fhore. When moored, the inner point 

 of the bay bore Eaft South Eafl, diftant about three cables 

 length, and the point forming the North entrance into the 

 harbour, Weft North Weft, half a mile diftant ; Volcano 

 Mount, in Cook's River, Weft North Weft, half North, 

 and Mount St. Auguftine, South Weft by South. 



Pndayzi. Early in the morning of the 21ft, I went on Ihore in 



fearch of a convenient place for wooding and watering the 

 fhips. I landed on a fine fmooth beach at the head of the 

 bay, and about a mile diftant from the ihip ; near which 

 I found a run of good frefh water. An opening, which 

 tfrom the fhip had the appearance of a creek, was found to 

 be a narrow entrance leading to a fait water lake. Here 

 was wood of different kinds in great abundance, fuch as 

 pine, black birch, witch hazle, and poplar. Many of the 

 pines were large enough for lower mafts for a fhip of 400 

 tons burden ; and in every place were plants and {hrubs of 

 ^various forts growing with great ftrength and vigour. How- 

 ever, this not being a very convenient fituation for getting 

 wood to the boats, I proceeded up the harbour to look for 

 a place better adapted for our purpofci 



I FOUND 



