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SURVEY OF THE INTERTROPICAL 
CHAPTER V. 
Departure from Port Jackson, and commence a running survey of 
the East Coast :— Examinations of Port Macquarie and the River 
Hastings in company with the Lady Nelson, colonial brig, and 
assisted by Lieutenant Oxley, R.N., the Surveyor-general of the 
Colony: — Leave Port Macquarie The Lady Nelson returns 
with the Surveyor-general to Port Jackson Enter the Barrier- 
reefs at Break-sea Spit discover Rodd’s Bay : Visit the 
Percy Islands pass through Whitsunday Passage, and anchor 
in Cleveland Bay : — Wood and water there : — Continue the exa- 
mination of the east coast towards Endeavour River; anchoring 
progressively at Rockingham Bay, Fitzroy Island, Snapper Is- 
land, and Weary Bay:— Interview with the Natives at Rockingham 
Bay, and loss of a boat off Cape Tribulation :— Arrival off En- 
deavour River. 
1819. Between the period of my return from the 
Feb t * o 15 Derwent and the second week of March, we were 
May 7. prevented from making any preparation for our 
second voyage to the North Coast by an unusual 
continuance of the heavy rains incident to that sea- 
son ; which caused three floods on the Hawkes- 
bury and Nepean Rivers, and did considerable 
damage to the ripening crops. This unfavour- 
able weather so retarded our equipment, that it 
was the middle of April before we were ready for 
sea; after which time we experienced further 
detention from not being able to complete our 
