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A VOYAGE TO 
CHAPTER 
VIIL 
Defcripfio7i of Port yackfon and the adjacent count?'y — The Go-ver- 
jiors commijjion read — his Speech — his humane refolutions refpeSf- 
ing the Natives— difficulties in ereBing huts and other buildings — 
departure of Lieutenant Ki?ig to Norfolk If and. 
CHAP. 
VIIL 
ORT JACKSON was not vifited or explored by 
Captain Cook ; it was feen only at the diftance of 
between two or three miles from the coaft : had any 
good fortune condu6led him into that harbour, he would 
have found it much more worthy of his attention as a 
feaman, than that in which he pafTed a week. Gover- 
nor Phillip himfelf pronounces it to be a harbour, in 
extent and fecurity, fuperior to any he has ever feen : 
and the moft experienced navigators who were with him 
fully concur in that opinion. From an entrance not more 
than two miles acrofs, Port Jackfon gradually extends 
into a noble and capacious bafon ; having foundings 
fufficient for the largeft vefTels, and fpace to accommo- 
date, in perfe(51: fecurity, any number that could be 
affembled. It runs chiefly in a wefiern direcftion, 
about 
