A VOYAGE TO 
found it abfoluteiy necelTary to allow himfelf the refpite 
of a few weeksj before he agam encountered fo much 
fatiQ;ue. 
The country explored in this laft journey was fo good 
and fo fit for the purpofes of cultivation, that the Gover- 
nor refoived to fend a detachment to fettle there, as foon 
as a fuiiicient number could be fpared from works of 
more immediate neceffity. But notv/ithftanding the 
goodnefs of the foil it is a m.atter of afconiiliment how 
the natives, who knovv^ not how to avail themfelves of 
its fertility, can fubiift in the inland country. On the 
coaft filh makes a confiderable part of their food, but 
where that cannot be had, it feems hardly poffible that 
with their fpears, the only miiTile weapon yet obferved 
among them, they lliould be able to procure any kind 
of animal food. With the affiilance of their guns the 
Englilli gentlemen could not obtaip, in the laft fix days 
they were out, more than was bairely fuiiicient for two 
m-eals. Yet, that thefe parts are frequented by the natives 
was undeniably proved by the temporary huts which 
were feen in feveral places. Near one of thefe huts the 
bones of a kanguroo were found, and feveral trees were 
feen on fire. A piece of a root refembling that of the 
fern tree was alfo picked up by Governor Phillip ; part 
of this root had been chew^ed, and fo recently that it was 
thought it could not have been left many minutes. It 
feemed 
