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circumftance of thefe people having reached Timor confirmed what 

 had been fuggefted immediately after their departure,, that the matter 

 of the fnow Waakfamheyd had furniihed Bryant with inductions- 

 tow to proceed, and with every thing that he Hood in need of during 

 his voyage. While at Sydney this man had conftantly faid, that: 

 every fort of refreshment was to be procured at Timor ; yet when. 

 Captain Hunter, while at fea, propofed to fteer for that ifland, he de- 

 clared that nothing could be got there, and fo prevented that officer 

 from going thither. This evidently arofe from the fear of himfelf 

 and his friends being detected. 



Had it not been for the fortunate difcovery and fubfequent delivery 

 of thefe people to a Captain of a Britifh man of war, the evident 

 practicability of reaching Timor in an open boat might have operated 

 with others to make the like attempt, and. to carry off boats from the 

 fettlement ; which during the abfence of the King's mips belonging, 

 to the Ration w r as never difficult ; and it was now hoped, that the cer- 

 tainty of every boat which mould reach that or any other Dutch fet- 

 tlement under fimilar ciixumftances >being fufpected, and received ac- 

 cordingly, would have its due effect. 



The fupply of provisions received by the Atlantic being confined 

 to grain, it became neceffary to reduce the ration of fait meat ; and,, 

 on the Friday following only two pounds of pork were iffued, inftead 

 of four. The former allowance of flour and maize was continued,, 

 with the addition of one pound of rice and one quart of peaie. 



On the laft day of June, fome natives from the South lhore of Bo- 

 tany Bay, whether, from the hope of reward, or from actually having 

 feen fome mips at a diftance, informed the Governor that a few days 

 before they had perceived four or five fail, one of which they de- 

 fcribed to be larger than the others, {landing off the land, with a 

 wefterly wind. 



The different fpecies of provifions which had been received by the 

 Calcutta were not much efteemed by the people. The flour or 

 foujee, from their not knowing the. proper mode of preparing it for 



6 bread* 



