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Mr. Lee, of Hammerfmith : who ftill retains enough of xxii. ' 
zeal for his favourite fcience, to regret that the difco- 
very of thofe countries was not made at a period of his 
life, when he could have gone perfonally to reap the - 
glorious harveft they afford. . 
The following account of the weather in Botany Bay 
and Port Jackfon, communicated by Lieutenant Watts, 
may perhaps be found important. 
During the feven days we were in Botany Bay the 
weather was generally fine, and very warm. The ther- 
mometer on a mean flood at 78°. it never exceeded 80°. 
and one day, which was thick and rainy, the wind 
b>lowing ftrongiy from the fouth, it fell to 63°. In Port 
Jackfon the weather vv^as at firft much the fame, but 
afterwards, the days became very hot, and the nights 
conftantly brought on tremendous thunder, lightning, 
and rain. The thermometer, at eleven o'clock in the 
forenoon, was generally about 80°. but when the fea 
breezes fet in it ufually fell two or three degrees. One 
very fultry day v/as felt foon after the arrival of the 
fleet. The thermometer, on board, itood at 88°. and 
on ftiore, though in the lhade, at 92°* On the 15th of 
March was a terrible fquall of wind? accompanied by 
thunder, lightning, and rain. The thermometer then 
fell 
