A VOYAGE TO 
the high ground between' the liofpital and the town, if 
water can be found by linking wells, it is the Governor's 
intention to ereft the barracks, furrounding them with 
proper works. Thefe were to have been begun as foon 
as the tranfports were cleared, and the men hutted, but 
the progrefs of work Vv'as rendered fo flow by the want 
of an adequate number of able workmen, that it was 
neceffary to poftpone that undertaking for a time. The 
ground marked out for a church lies ftill nearer to 
the tovs^n, fo that this edifice will form in part one fide 
of the principal parade. The defign wiiich demanded 
the moft imm.ediate execution was that of a fi:orehoufe5 
which might be fecure from the danger of fire. In a 
country expofed to frequent ftorms of thunder and light- 
ning, it was rather an uneafy fituation to have all the 
provifions and other neceffaries lodged in wooden build- 
ings, covered with thatch of the moft combuftible kind. 
On the point of land that forms the weft fide of the 
Cove, and on an elevated fpot, a fmall obfervatory has 
been raifed under the direction of Lieutenant Dawxs, 
who was charged by the Board of Longitude with the 
care of obferving the expected comet. The longitude 
of this obfervatory is afcertained to be 159° 19' 30" 
eaft from Greenwich, and the latitude 32° 52' 30" 
fouth. A fmall houfe, built by the Lieutenant Gover- 
nor for himfelf, forms at prefent the corner of the pa- 
rade ; the principal ftreet will be carried on at right 
angles 
