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win ; they were little different from those adopted in the commence- I802 
ment of the voyage, and of which a strict attention to cleanliness, Sunday 9. 
and a free circulation of air in the messing and sleeping places 
formed the most essential parts. Several of the inhabitants of Port 
Jackson expressed themselves never to have been so strongly re- 
minded of England, as by the fresh colour of many amongst the 
Investigator's ship's company, 
So soon as the anchor was dropped, I went on shore to wait upon 
his Excellency Philip Gidley King, Esq., governor of New South 
Wales, and senior naval officer upon the station ; to whom I com- 
municated a general account of our discoveries and examinations 
upon the South Coast, and delivered the orders from the Admiralty 
and Secretary of State. These orders directed the governor to place 
the brig Lady Nelson under my command, and not to employ the 
Investigator on other service than that which was the object of the 
voyage ; and His Excellency was pleased to assure me, that every 
assistance in the power of the colony to render, should be given to 
forward a service so interesting to his government, and to himself. 
The Lady Nelson was then lying in Sydney Cove ; but her com- 
mander, lieutenant Grant, had requested permission to return to 
England, and had sailed six months before. 
Besides the Lady Nelson, there were in the port His Majesty's 
armed vessel Porpoise, the Speedy, south-whaler, and the Margaret 
privateer ; also the French national ship Le Naturaliste, commanded 
by captain Hamelin, to whom I communicated captain Baudin's in- 
tention of coming to Port Jackson so soon as the bad weather should 
set in. Le Geographe's boat had been picked up in Bass' Strait by 
Mr. Campbell of the brig Harrington, and the officers and crew 
were at this time on board Le Naturaliste. 
The duties required to fit the ship for pj-osecuting the voyage 
with success being various and extensive, Cattle Point, on the east side 
of Sydney Cove, was assigned to us by the governor for carrying on 
some of our employments, whilst others were in progress on board the 
