NEW SOUTH WALES. 3j 
It was near a month before Governor Phillip could ^ ^V"^ 
furnifli his fliips with every thing which it v/as ne- — ^ 
ceffary they fhould now procure* At lengthy on the 
4th of September he weighed anchor, and as he paflcd September 4, 
1787. 
the fortj received from the Viceroy the laft compliment 
it was in his power to pay, being faluted with twenty- 
one guns. The falute was returned by an equal number 
from the Sirius ; and thus ended an intercourfe honour- 
able to both nations, and particularly to the principal . 
officer employed in the fervice of each. . 
C H A P' 
