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watering were completed, from an anxiety to 1819- 
reach those parts which we had not yet seen, Aug-. 17. 
and where we might expect a better chance of 
finding something of greater interest. 
Mr. Cunningham was confined to the vessel 
during our stay, by a serious attack of jaundice, 
brought on by the fatiguing examination of Li- 
verpool River. 
The weather, during our stay, was throughout 
fine. A breeze usually sprung up at daylight, 
from S.E. ; and by noon veered to, and blew 
fresh from East, sometimes reaching N.E., 
from which quarter it was generally strongest; 
as sunset approached, the wind usually died 
away, and before dark it was quite calm, and 
continued so until the morning. The tempe- 
rature was much lower than we expected to find 
it, the thermometer ranging only between 75° 
and 84° ; so that, during the day, while the sea 
breeze lasted, the heat was not at all oppres- 
sive. 
We left South-West Bay on the 18th at day- is. 
break ; but, from light airs, made so little pro- 
gress, that it was not until the following after- 
noon, that we passed between Mac Cluer’s and 
New Year’s Islands ; between the latter and 
Oxley’s Island, we passed over two coral banks, 
separated from each other by a deep channel. 
