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Master infor-medmie that wa'tep,4amd shipj&edSsfo
much that $p*-could apt eaflsyvssail on her,’lb\itil^.^>4.d^&'y.4to^
tilhh^.!gafiho^ithe. .weather* /-would turn.ouf,iamd$,,if he-t^uid,
follow me tg ‘Jar^^s,-Bay.;> rdd-cautioned shim against hiying^gfo
too lohg,4^fia%th§-swell.had by this .tilaerincreased ^considerably,
and made a^f£fee,rpassage,fovdr< her. - uShauld it-iS^tei^to<*bldwpa
heavy gale^he^. would have difficulty Tin g^z'ddir^^^^nfee' parts
eftiny: crgwj^gjegsea-sick^-and unabifefto m@ye..;vnn<basrhha;d no
man of‘sesp@5tability ,ta;s,pare,; h could n,ot furnid^he^Bee with
.a? person of that (description-to take her.foa^ffidffiSycbafey?; After
^jying-Jshe'Master the best advice? S could, I maderiail amhsgpn
ggtjput, ^ f sight. Jfrom rth6 recentipiradiesi; Aiwas under* s|p^'@
a p p i^ e p ^ » fe t t ^ vwnld run -ofl‘ wit h her, especially,nv> tkftv
hadJt|our months previsions »f-eyerytJ^d.>»i^fitj^some,armsia|ii4
^ammunition, on board, j Thesersuspiciohs* partly; afpierlfoirt;my
knowing-that; ong-of her best hands ■hadh^|^tctosoeme]d, ih:,'an!
attempt &£. the same kind Before,; for/-#uchAe.,wa&jti^e^r^rrd
pardoned on conditionjoriseEving for life.wttEhedilitl%kndwled^e
the Master h ad ; of, .navigation, and the-fear§idh-©^©Eewtentef-
tained^of the vessel, itjis very, probable^preaepnied'them, and I
was happy on. myvreturn .to-.learn. tha t she^othacM safe.' tH ad
any'-thiT^-happenedito^'l^sry- independent.-of' blaniddfl^eWti-K^
icious or designingj-pepple alighting on me, herdossl%ou|dEhavi:
been felt. feyihhenColony, as she,was very useful-in carryingf-eorh'
frqm .the Hawkesbpry, and upon other services; At urion- had -
,an.observation in lat. 34%S5'iS. and. saw one -of the?heads of
Jarvis’s Bay bearing S. W. by; S. \distant .. six- leaguds.o -Aftef-
twelve at noon the weather rather . moderated,' though it still
continued very gloomy with a heavy swell. The wind shifted
to S?S. E. we continued working to windward.
r At four B. M-^of the 10th, the north head of Jarvis’s Bay
bore W. S. W /jSght or nine miles distant. - I trust that-©very
impar-
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impartial reader of this narrative wILkallowy that since the last
setting tóf-the above - head-land, and with... a strong southerly
wind, wejgotuConsideraMy tóf^windward, let Whatever faults be
attached' to the-Lady?iNblson; The wéatber gètting^clear, we
worked into .Jarvis^ ’Bay, or (from tkeigfeatmëss -of its\extent,)
more properly to.be called, «Sound». At;seven A. M. T sent my
firstónate in the boat to look ouffifer a proper placet to anchor
rig : which i'would afford us “good »sheltbf. ’> A t nine the mate returned
with one of the nativés* and.informed me that there was
good'anoborage in the -southernmost ßove, between an island
andi thd>inäin- ^ -.the: fornier shelfèrihg^ia’ veÈy-iextensive harbour
lying between the two heads è f therein breaking bff thè-
beavy swell, which would otherwise roll in with ajn easterly
wind,1 and which from its extent, and the_great fetch of. the sea»,
it'wbuld be difficult with such,a wind to ride in.- At half past
ten o’clock we came to an anchor in .the above Cove in four
fathom water and Éöe sandy bottom,-1 having-first run over a
flat of about four cables’ length, easily perceived; by the colour
of the waten from the shore when there is any wind, and without
4ny break th a t we could discover. There was from two
and an half to three fathoms water on thjs- flat.
The native which came on board in the boat appeared to be
a middle-aged man, more stout and muscular than those I had
seen about Sydney. He entered the vessel without any symptoms
of dear, and altogether with that confidence, which shewed
had had frequent communications with our countrymen be-
foreiJ He often repeated the words, blanket, blanket, and
woman, woman; probably from the barter, which some of these
visitors had received in lieu of the seamens bedding; He testified
much surprize at several articles oh bogrd, particularly the
compasses in the binnacle. 1 On my conducting him down into
the cabin, and placing him before a looking-glass, he expressed
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