VOYAGE TO NEW SOUTH WALES. 
Portugueze feemed fond of fireworks and illuminations, and 
never fail to exhibit them on every religious feflival, we 
were not a little difappointed in finding them omitted on 
the birth-day of their prince. 
31ft. James Baker, a private marine, received two hun- 
dred lafhes, agreeable to the fentence of a court-martial, for 
endeavouring to get pafled on fhore, by means of one of the 
feamen, a fpurious dollar, knov/ing it to be fo ; and one he 
had undoubtedly got from fome of the convids, as it was 
of a fimilar bafe metal to thofe which they had coined dur- 
ing the paffage, and had attempted to put off on our firfb 
arrival at this port. 
September ift. Having now procured every thing at Ria 
de Janeiro that we flood in need of, and thoroughly reco- 
vered and refrefhed our people, the commodore, with fuch 
officers of the fleet as could be fpared from duty, waited on 
the viceroy to, take leave, and to return our acknowledgments 
for the indulgence and attention fliown us ; which, I think 
we may fay, we experienced in a greater extent and latitude 
than any foreigners had ever before done. On our landing, 
the fame officer who had attended us upon every other pub- 
Ec occafion, conduded us to the prefence-chamber. As we 
pafled,, 
