CONTENTS. 
CHAPTER L 
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PUBLIC tit I lily of voyages — -Peculiar circumjiances of fhis-^ 
New Holland properly a continent — -Reafons for fixing our 
fettlement there— T^ranfportation to America^ its origin, ad- , 
vantages^ and cejfation — Experiments made— -'The prefent 
plan adopted-^iyifadvantages of other expedients^ 
CHAPTER IL 
Preparation of the fleet ordered to Botany Bay—Particulars of 
its arrangement — Departure andpaffage to the Canary IfieSy i 
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