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the limits therein pointed out ; but found his portion to be smaller 1802. 
than he had supposed, not having before been aware of the extent 
of the discoveries previously made by captain Grant. After examin- 
ing the chart, he said, apparently as a reason for not producing any 
of his own, that his charts were not constructed on board the ship %. 
but that he transmitted to Paris all his bearings and observations, 
with a regular series of views of the land, and from them the charts 
were to be made at a future time. This mode appeared to me 
extraordinary, and not to be worthy of imitation ; conceiving that a 
rough chart, at least, should be made whilst the land is in sight, 
when any error in bearing or observation can be corrected ; a plan 
which was adopted in the commencement, and followed throughout 
the course of my voyage. 
Amongst our employments was that of fitting up a green 
house on the quarter deck, and sawing plank to make boxes for the 
reception of such plants as might be found by the naturalist, and 
thought worthy of being transported to His Majesty's botanic garden 
at Kew. This green house had been received at Sheerness, and 
stowed away in pieces ; but I saw that when filled with boxes of 
earth, the upper works of the ship, naturally very weak, would be 
incapable of supporting the weight; and that in bad weather, we 
should be obliged to throw it over board for the safety of the ship. 
I therefore proposed its reduction to two-thirds of the size ; and 
Mr. Brown being of opinion it would then contain all the plants 
likely to be collected in any one absence from Port Jackson, it was 
reduced accordingly ; and the feet lowered down close to the deck. 
This arrangement required an alteration in the tiller, and a short 
one, with two arms, was fitted to the after part of the rudder head ; 
with which expedient, and leading the main braces forward, the 
green house was not likely to cause much inconvenience to the 
working of the ship. The plants already collected on the South 
Coast had been landed on our arrival, in good order ; and deposited 
