V O Y A G E T O N EW S O U T H WA L E S ,
B e n d i n g - d o w n ; the mfer. Some places along
the ihore, where: the tide had flowed fb as. to, obftruét our
paflage, wfa were obliged to ford ; and, at times, we were under
the nfeceMtjsjoihhml^ngiheighta’neairl^ihaeceflible. At length,
after undergoing much fat%üe, we were agreeably furprifed,
and cheered, with the. fight .of two heats, fent .by iCaptain
Htfflttet^to meet(.u^ and. juft then : corning up with: the
tide." By them we., learnt^ that .Lieutenant Ball,; with ; his:
enfeebled party, had arrived fafe at the {hip the day after
they had quitted us. We .all went .on hoard the Boats,
-and; fell down the river till we got to a pleafant little cove,
where we dined, with great' fatisfafafcion and comfort, upon
the welcome provifions which \yere fent in the boats hy
the governor’s fteward. After, having rgfrefhed ourlelves^
We again embarked, and about fix o ’clock in the evening
arrived in Sydney Gpsle.
• Wê^wfere likewife ahle,:dufing this faxemsfien, to tpfee oiiep£
the Gold-winged Pigeons,;fof which aplatefi^,annexed• "This
bird'ia£& curious and lingular ipecies, remarkable fof having
moftof the feathers of the wing-marked with a brilliant fpot
éf gelden- yellpWi changing; iij-viaifaus r e f i f aÖi o n f i to
green ajid copper* bronze; and, when tbfa wing i§ oclofeé*
U . ; t\f,,i'' forming