73 ~ A VOYAGE TO 
c H^A P. was ftill lodged ia his temporary houfe of canvaSj, which 
* Y — ' was not perfedly impervious either to wind or weather. 
February 14, Qn the I Ath of Fchruarv a party was fent out in the 
1788. . ^ i J 
Supply, to fettle on a fmall ifland to the north-Vv^eil of 
New Zealand, in latitude 29° fouth, and longitude 168°. 
10'. eaft from London, which was difcovered and much 
commended by Captain Cook, and by him named Nor- 
folk Illand, in honour of the noble family to which that 
title belongs. To the office of fuperintendant and com- 
mandant of this ifland, and the fettlement to be made 
upon it, Governor Phillip appointed Philip Gidley King, 
fecond lieutenant of his Majefly's fliip Sirius, an officer 
much efteemed by him as of great merit in his pro- 
feffion ; and highly fpoken of in his letters as a 
man, whofe perfeverance in that or any other fervice 
might fully be depended on. As it was known that 
there were no inhabitants on Norfolk Illand, there was 
fent with Lieut. King only a fmall detachment, confifl- 
ing of one fubaltern officer, and fix marines, a very 
promifing young man who was a midfhipman, a fur- 
geon,* two men who underftood the cultivation and 
dreffing of flax, with nine men and fix women convicts. 
That the nature of this fettlement may be fully under- 
ftood, a copy of the inftruclions delivered to Mr. King 
at his departure is fubjoined to this chapter. 
* The furgeon's name is Jamifon, vvhofc intelligent letters to Lewis Wolfcj 
.Efq; were kindly lent to the publiflier, and have afforded much uleful information. 
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