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1820. cliffs, he saw four small kangaroos ; and near the 
Oct. water-holes one of the crew saw a fifth, of a 
11 12 ‘ gray colour, and of a larger size than usual. 
Our people were now all laid up with sores 
upon their feet and legs, from cuts and bruises 
received in scrambling over the rocks; and se- 
veral were affected by ophthalmia. Besides this, 
the rainy season was approaching ; it commenced 
last year about the 18th of October, and as the 
weather was now close and sultry, and daily 
getting more unfavourable, the change was evi- 
dently at hand. We therefore determined upon 
quitting the coast as soon as possible ; and as 
there was nothing to detain us here any longer, 
13. we weighed the following afternoon as soon as 
the tide commenced to ebb. 
Our distance from the mouth was sixteen 
miles, and the breeze blew directly against us, 
but, as the tide was running out with great 
strength, we succeeded in reaching an anchorage 
in Brunswick Bay before dark; not, however, 
without incurring considerable danger in passing 
through strong tide ripplings when abreast of 
Rothsay Water ; which caused me to suspect that 
it communicated with Prince Frederic’s Harbour. 
In beating out of the river the cutter leaked 
a good deal, which shewed that our late repair 
at Careening Bay had not placed us without 
