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little advantage, we bore up to look for shelter behind some of the ^ 
small projecting points ; and almost immediately found it in a shal- Tuesday <>. 
low cove, exposed only to the north-eastward. I nis was the 
eleventh day of our departure from Wreck Reef, and the distance 
of Port Jackson did not now exceed fifty miles. 
At this place we slept on shore for the first time; but the 
weather being squally, rainy, and cold, and the boat’s sails our best 
shelter, it was not with any great share of comfort ; a good watch 
was kept during the night, but no molestation was received from 
the natives. Notwithstanding our cramped-up position in the boat, 
and exposure to all kinds of weather, we enjoyed excellent health ; 
one man excepted, upon whom the dysentery, which had made such 
ravages in the Investigator, now returned with some violence. 
A cask of water was filled on the morning of the 7th, and our Wcdnes. 7. 
biscuit being all expended or spoiled, some cakes were baked in the 
ashes for our future subsistence. At eleven o clock, the rain having 
cleared away, we stood out to the offing with light baffling winds, 
and towards evening were enabled to lie along the coast ; but the 
breeze at south-east not giving much assistance, we took to the oars 
and laboured hard all the following night, being animated with the 
prospect of a speedy termination to our voyage. The north head of 
Broken Bay was in sight next morning, and at noon the south head Thursdays, 
was abreast of the boat; a sea breeze then setting in at E. N. E., we 
crowded all sail for Port Jackson, and soon after two o’clock had the 
happiness to enter between the heads. 
The reader has perhaps never gone 250 leagues at sea in an 
open boat, or along a strange coast inhabited by savages ; but if lie 
recollect the eighty officers and men upon Wreck-Reel Bank, 
and how important was our arrival to their safety, and to the saving 
of the charts, journals, and papers of the Investigator’s voyage, he 
.may have some idea of the pleasure we felt, but particularly myself, 
at entering our destined port. 
I proceeded immediately to the town ol Sydney, and went 
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