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parted company. The following day, being in 
June 9. sight of the land of Cape Van Diemen, and 
having sent our letters on board the Dick for 
conveyance to England, we parted company by 
an interchange of three cheers ; and it was not 
without a considerable degree of regret that we 
took this leave of our friends ; for it is but due 
to Mr. Harrison to say that we received very 
great assistance from him on several occasions : 
he offered us his stream anchor to replace in 
some degree our loss, although he had himself 
only one left ; it was, however, much too small 
for our purpose. 
By this opportunity I wrote to the Secretary 
of the Admiralty, and the Under Secretary of 
State for the Colonies, and communicating to 
them a brief account of our voyage up the east 
coast, acquainted them of my intention of em- 
ploying the fine-weather months of July and 
August upon the north-west coast, and then of 
going to Mauritius, to replace our anchors and 
cable, previous to our examination of the west 
coast. 
