WHITE'S JOURNAL OF A 
by the marked trees. By our calculation we had penetrated 
into the country, to the weft ward, not lefs than thirty- 
two^ or thirty-three miles. This day we faw the dung of an 
animal as large as that of a horfe, but it was more like 
the excrement of a hog, intermixed with grafs. When 
we got as far back as the arm of branch of the fea which 
forms the upper part of Port Jackfon harbour, we faw many 
ducks^ but could not get within fhot of amy of them. It 
was now growing late i and the governor being appre- 
keniive that the boats which he had ordered to attend 
daily, might be, for that day, returning before we could 
reach them, he fent Lieutenants Johnfton and Crcffwell, with 
a. marine, a-head, in order to fecure fuch provifions as 
might have been fent up ; and to give directions foe the 
boats to come for us the next morning, as it then appeared 
very unlikely that all the party, who were, without excep- 
tion, much fatigued, could be there foon enough to fave 
the tide down. Thofe gentlemen accordingly went 
forward, and were fo fortunate as to be juft in time ; and 
they returned to us with a feafonable fupply of bread, 
beef, rum, and wine. As foon as th^y had joined us, we 
encamped for the aight, on a fpot about the diflancc of a 
mile 
