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water, where we remained for five minutes par- 
leying with them, during which they plainly ex- 
pressed their disappointment and mortification 
at our want of confidence. Upon making signs 
for fresh water, which they instantly understood, 
they called out to us — bd-doo, bd-doo,"" and 
pointed to a part of the bay where Captain 
Flinders has marked a rivulet. Bd-ddo, in the 
Port Jackson language, means water; it was 
therefore thought probable that they must have 
obtained it from some late visitors ; and in this 
opinion we were confirmed, for the word kan- 
garoo was also familiar to them^\ 
Upon our return towards the entrance the na- 
tives walked upon the beach abreast the boat, 
and kept with her, until we pulled out of the en- 
trance, when they resumed their former station 
upon the rocks, and we returned on board. 
Upon reaching the brig, the anchor was 
weighed, and with a fresh sea-breeze from S. E. 
we soon reached Oyster Harbour, but in cross- 
ing the bar the vessel took the ground in eleven 
and a half feet water, and it was some time be- 
* The San Antonio, merchant brig-, the vessel that joined our 
company during our passage up the east coast, visited this port in 
December, 1820, and communicated with the natives ; it is therefore 
probable that the above words were obtained from that vessel’s crew. 
1821. 
Dec. 24. 
