A VOYAGE TO 
Point Sutherland offered the moft eligible fituationj 
having a rnn of good water, though not in very great 
abundance. But to this part of the harbour the fhips 
could not approach, and the ground near it, even in the 
higher parts, v/as in general damp and fpungy. Smaller 
numbers might indeed in feveral fpots have found a 
comfortable relidence, but no place was found in the 
whole circuit of Botany Bay which feemed at all calcu- 
lated for the reception of fo large a fettlement. While 
this examination was carried on, the whole fleet had 
arrived. The Supply had not fo much outfailed the 
other fliips as to give Governor Phillip the advantage he 
had expe6le<rl in point of time. On the 19th of Janu- 
ary, the Alexander, Scarborough, and Friendfhip, caft 
anchor in Botany Bay ; and on the 20th, the Sirius, 
with the remainder of the convoy Thefe fnips had 
all continued very healthy ; they had not, however, yet 
arrived at their final Jftation. 
The opennefs of this bay, and the dampnefs of the 
foil, by which the people would probably be rendered 
unhealthy, had already determined the Governor to feek 
another fituation. He relbived, therefore, to examine 
Port Jackfon, a bay mentioned by Captain Cook as im- 
mediately to the north of this. There he hoped to find, 
* The annexed view of Botany Bay, reprefcnts the Supply, &c. at anchor, and 
Ihe Sirius with her convoy coming into the bay. 
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