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offer of leaving the coast, and resorting to Timor ; isi9* 
for, besides our want of water, several of the Oct, 12. 
crew were attacked by scurvy, so that it was 
also necessary to visit it to procure some fresh 
provisions for them. 
Port Warrender, which name was bestowed 
upon this fine harbour, is of considerable extent; 
the land is very rugged and rocky ; but although 
the soil is shallow, the hills on the western side 
are thickly covered with grass and trees ; which 
grew so luxuriantly in the gullies, and bore so 
verdant an appearance, that fresh hopes were 
revived of finding water ; we were, however, very 
soon convinced of its being entirely destitute of it. 
On the eastern side of the port the land is 
much broken, and fronted by several islands 
which were named after Sir John Osborn, one 
of the Lords of the Admiralty ; among them is 
a conspicuous steep rocky head, like Mount 
Cockburn in Cambridge Gulf ; it appeared to be 
perfectly inaccessible. 
At daylight (13th) we left the port ; we had 1S * 
very little wind during the day, and by sunset 
had only reached an anchorage off Point Picker- 
ing, so named after a late much-respected friend. 
A bay trends to the westward of Point Picker- 
ing, which was called Walmsley Bay; — it pro- 
bably affords good anchorage. 
