Strong gkles from,the Eaft; by: which .wé:continued
our c'ourfe to-the North, mot having bèen^ible to make
Fufneaux’s Iflaud. At funfet we faw the land,
and altered tour cóüNe 'W F .
the next morning ; we hacj. the mortification; to find
ourfelves deceived, as we had clear' weather, and nothing
to. prove that we were near the cofift of New Holland:
lat. 34° AWS: :
•The wind from the' N. W.; blewt^ired from the
lantj. We were to She North of-Tort Jackfon.
At day-light made the land tcT the' *N. W. of usf^at:
noon we had clear fipe weather, and pape^awkp,:|jpre >
N. 88* W. The extremes of.coaft fromjS^. 2| i 3Q' y . t o
m 2° E , Obferved lat^32° 11' S.'
We kept plying to the windward-; at noon pape
Hawke bore N. 25° W. Iflands off Tort Stephens
S. 71° W. Lat. S2° 38' S; |
The. wind ftill remaining fixed in the.S. W\ quarter,
I found there was no chance of beating to .the foüth-
ward: I therefore determined to enter tfie port , which
was in our power. We entered in fafety > I^prt Stephens,
and anchored in 5 | fathoms fandy bottom.
Points
T o i n t s o f e n t r a n c e w d r e op fen b from S i -M 0 E . i to 85° E . ■ C H A P .
W ie | | e f td ie d .fth f i> f iiip tw i fh k h e i f e e a m a n c h o r , a n d f e n t ?— r — •
f l i e b o a t s in f e a r e h ó f w a t e r . : W e rem a in ed f- h e r e o n e Auguft.
w le e k , Ï a n d c o m p le t e d ; i o u r ; w a t e r in g ; f r om a la k e
e n t h e N o r th e rn f h o r e w ith : g r e a t f a c i l i t y D u r i n g o u r
f t a y , w e h a d f r e q u e n t in t e r c o h r f e w i t h th e n a t i v e s . T h e y
w e r e . t h e f am e r a c e o f - p e o p l e as* t h o l e d e f c r ib e d t o in h
a b i t P o r t J a c k f o n a n d V a n D i e m e n ’s la n d . T h e y w e r e
in c d fe n liv e ,: q u i e t , i a n d d o c i l e ; a n d w h e n e v e r w e a p p
r o a c h e d .them,- r em o v e d t h e i r w o m e n a n d c h i ld r e n .
We found here refidingrwithtbè datives four Englifh-
mep,-who hadudefertodi in- a boat from Port Jackfon
fiye< years: beforte. Five-came originally, but one had -
died;; thdfe that remained were miferable half-ftarved
objeéts, depending ion the hofpitality of the natives
for; their * fubfiftence, who ocCafionally fupplied them
with a part of their ptovifions, at all times in ho great
abundance with the inhabitants. Notwithstanding the
wretched ftato in which they exifted, the man who
had enticed them to delert refufed to come on board.
We collected fome articles to leave with him to make
his fxtnatibn more comfortable ; but in the meanwhile,
being affured he fhould be well treated, and probably
not fuffer for his former conduct, he agreed to come
off with the others. One dr two of, thefe men were
married, and left their wives and children with little
p regret.