COASTS OF AUSTRALIA. 
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CHAPTER V. 
Thb Bathurst sails for England : — Remarks upon some errors in 
the hydrography of the south coast of Van Diemen’s Land : — 
King George the Third’s Sound: — Passage to the Cape of 
Good Hope : — Cross the Atlantic, and arrive at Plymouth Sound: 
-“Observations upon the voyages, and conclusion. 
Upon an examination of the brig’s defects, after 
our arrival at Port Jackson, her stern and 
cut-water were found so defective, as to re- 
quire a considerable repair; but from the diffi- 
culty of procuring seasoned wood, so long a time 
elapsed before it was effected, that we were not 
ready for sea until the beginning of September, 
when other delays of minor importance detained 
us until the 25th. 
At Port Jackson I found orders from the 
Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty to re- 
turn to England in the Bathurst when the sur- 
vey should be completed; but as we were in 
want of many things that the colony could 
not furnish, and as we should be detained 
until the month of February before the mon- 
soon would allow of our going upon the coast ; 
1822. 
April 25 
to 
Sept. 25, 
