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CHAPTER XL 
Three of the tr an/ports cleared — Two exciirfions fnade into the coun- 
try^ on the fifteenth of Aprils and on the twenty-fecond-—tIiits of 
the natives — Sculpture, and other particulars, 
the 25th of March, the Charlotte, Lady Peiirhyn, chap. 
and Scarborough tranfports, having been cleared of — ^—^ 
all their ftores, were difchar^^ed from p-overnment fer- M^^^'^/J^^^ 
CI c> 1788. 
vice, and left at liberty to proceed for China, whenever 
their commanders fliould think proper. The other fhips 
were of neceflity detained till the ftore-hoiifes could be 
finiflied. 
The month of April was not diftinguiilied by any 
events that deferve to be related, except two expeditions 
of Governor Phillip for the purpx)fe of exploring the 
Country. On the firft of thefe excurfions he fet out on 
the 15 th with proviiions for four days; attended by fe- April ijth, 
veral officers, and a fmall party of marines. They '^^^* 
landed at the head of a fmall cove, called Shell Cove, near 
the entrance of the harbour on the north fide. Pro- 
O ceeding 
