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O54 Retrofpeat of Domeftie Literature.—Voyages, Travels, &e< 
On this fubje&t Dr. G. profefies to have 
paid particular attention, and we have no 
queftion, that his obfervations will be 
found, fagacious, and ufeful. 
Mr. Tuckey has publifhed “ 4z Ac- 
count of a Voyage to eftablifh a Colony at 
Port Philip Bafs's Strait, ou tke South 
Coafi of New South Wales; in his Ma- 
jefty’s Ship Calcutta, in the Years 1802+ 
z-and-4. "he 
The voyage of which this publication 
is a narrative, was undertaken. with the 
intention of making a fettlement in the 
Strait which feparates New Holland from 
Van Diemen’s Land; a meafure adopted 
by Government, as well from the com- 
mercial view of favouring the adventures 
for the capture of feals in thofe feas, as 
from the political one of fecuring a pailage 
through the Straits,. and preventing rival 
eftablifhments by other nations. A port 
difcovered by Lieutenant John Murry, 
and named after Governor Philip, was 
fixed upon for the fite of the fe:tlement, 
as being reprefeated to poffefs all due ad- 
vantages for that purpofe.. The equip. 
ment made to carry ‘this defign into ex. 
ecution, confilted of a king’s fhip, the 
Calcutta, originally built for the Eaft 
India Company, and the Ocean, a hired 
merchant fhip: the former carrying all 
the conviéts and marines, the Jatter, the 
greater part of the ftores and neceflaries 
for the fettlement. The fhips cleared the 
Channel about the end of April, 1803: 
when they arrived at their deftination, in 
Bais’s Strait, they found, upon exami- 
nation, that the place wasmot adapted for 
the purpofe in view. Renouncing, there. 
fore, the idea of making a’ fettlement 
there, they failed for Port Jackfon, where 
the Calcutta took in a cargo of fhip 
timber, for thenavy. She then proceeded 
alone, and pafling to the fouthward of 
New Zealand, doubled Cape Horn, and 
arrived again at Rio de Janeiro on May 
22; thus, (fays the writer) accomplifh- 
ing a voyage round the world, difcharg- 
ing, and receivisg a cargo, in eleven 
months.”” If the nerrative of this voyage 
does not add much ta the ftock of cur in- 
formation, it neverthelefs dces to that of 
cur amufement. — . 
Mr.Grant’s ** Narrative of a Voyage 
of Difcovery, performed in the Lad 
Nelfon, in the Years 1800-1-and-2, to 
New South Wales,” i brief but interes 
ing. _He circumnavigsted the globe in 
veflels, which, according tothe opinion of 
fome who might have teen efteemed com- 
petent judg:s, were mot. fit to go to fea! 
Whilft he had the command of the Lady 
_Nelfon, fhe did not lofe a fingle man, and 
airived at Port Jackfon witholit the leat 
damage in hull, maft, or rigging. -There 
was novelty in the confruéction of the 
Lady Nelfon, which, upon Mr. Grant’s 
experience, is alfo a moft important 
improvement. «She was built. with a 
fliding keel, divided into three feveral 
parts, with confiderable intervals between 
them. Mr. Grant and Captain Shank are 
decidedly of opinion, that veficls thus 
conftructed fail fafer, fieer eafier, tack 
and wear quicker and in lefs room, carry 
more freight, and draw lefs water, ride 
eafier at anchor, take the ground better, 
and :be. more likely to be faved in cafe of 
fhipwreck, have the advantage of all! 
others in cafe. of lofing their rudder, and 
daft longer than thofe built in the common 
way. ' 
“< The Fournal of ANDREWELLICOTT, 
late Commiffioner on bebalf of tbe United 
States, during the Years 1796-7-8-9 and 
1800, for determining the Boundary be- 
teveen the United Sates and the Poffefjous of. 
bis Catholic Majefty in America.” } 
Mr. Ellicatt’s route extends from Phi- 
Jadelphia to Pitfburg, on the Ohio; down 
that river to its junction with the Mifht 
fippi, thence to Natchez, where the author 
had to await the relu€tant co-operation of 
the Spanifh commiffioners, in tracing the 
boundary-line along the fkirts of the Flo- : 
ridas. Apprehenions were entertained 
by the American government, that the 
Baren Carondelet, who was intrufted with 
the cuief command at New Orleans, and 
who was fuppofed to have the French in- 
terefts full as much at heart, as thofe of 
his nominal fovereign, the King of Spain, 
would indireétly obttruét the delivering up 
of the military ports. There were {trong 
fymptoms of infidious delay, and of hof- 
tile intentions. Ihe American commif- 
fioner therefore encouraged a fort of con- 
queit by fraternization. The people of 
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Natchez were ftimulated to arm, to rile 
againft the Spanifh governor Gayofo, to 
elect a reprefentative committee, and thus 
to transfer their own allegiance! . From 
Natchez, the author proceeds down the 
Miffifippi to New Orleans, thence to the 
- guideline, on the Mobile, then to. Penfa- 
cola, and finally to the end of the guide- 
hne, on the Chattahoca. The author. 
finally Gefcends the river Saint Mary, and 
returns home’ through the. Carolinas. 
Speaking of Natchez, Mr, Ell. cott fays, 
that there are evident indications that at a_ 
former period it was weil populated. AV 
ale great : 
