COASTS OF AUSTRALIA. 
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ing Jack, who was privileged to come and go as 
he liked, which, since it did not appear to create Dec. 26 . 
any jealousy among his companions, enabled us 
to detain him as an hostage for Mr. Cunning- 
ham’s safety, who was busily engaged in adding 
to his collections from the country in the vicinity 
of the vessel. 
In the evening. Jack climbed the rigging as 
high as the topmast-head, much to the amuse- 
ment of his companions, but to the mortification 
of Bundell, who had never taken courage to 
mount so high. 
The water-holes yielded about a ton of water 
a day ; but a stream was found in the sandy 
bay to the eastward of the entrance, running 
over the beach, which we used when the holes 
were emptied of their contents ; the latter were> 
however, preferred, since our people worked at 
them under an immediate protection from the 
vessel’s deck. Near the stream we found some 
felled trees, and the staves of a cask*. 
Our watering continued to proceed without mo- 27—28. 
lestation from the natives ; the number of whom 
had increased to twenty -nine, besides some whom 
we had before seen that were now absent. Dur- 
ing the afternoon of the 28 th the wind freshened 
At this place the San Antonio merchant brig wooded and wa- 
tered in 1820, 
