by the marked trees. By our calculation we had penetrated
into the country, to the weftward, not fefs than thirty-
two, or thirty-three miles*, . This day we faw the dung of an
animal as large as that o f a horfe, but it was more like
the excrement o f a hog, intermixed with grafs. When
we got as far back as the arm or branch of the fea which
forms the upper part of Port Jackfon harbour, we faw many
ducks, but could not get within {hot of any o f them. It
was now growing late; and the governor being appre-
hcnfive that the boats, whieh-he had ordered to attend
daily, might be, for that day, returning before we could
reach them, he fent Lieutenants Johnfton and Greffwell, with
a marine, ^rhead, in order to % ^ e ::4ucfcv
might have been fent up ; and to give directions for the
boats to come for us the next morning, as it , then appeared
very unlikely that all the party, who were, without exception,
much fatigued, could be there foon enough to fajfp
the tide down. Thofe \. gentlemen accordingly went
forward, and were fo fortunate as to be juft in tripe; and
they returned to us with a iqafcnable fupply of bread,
beef, rum, and wine. As foonas they had joined us, we
encamped for the night, on a fpot about the distance of a
mile
mile from the place where the boats were to take us up in
the morning. His excellency was again indifpofccl, occasioned
by a return of his complaint, which had been brought
on by a fall into a hollow place ih the ground, that being
concealed by the long grafs, j he was unable to difeern. We
paffed the next day in examining different inlets in the
upper part -of the harbour. We faw there fome o f the
natives, who, in their canoes, came along-fide of the boat,
revive fom« trifles which the governor held out to them.
In the evening we returned to Sydney Cove.
May i ft. James Bennet, a youth, was executed for
robbing a tept .belonging to the Charlotte, tranfport, of
fugar and fome other articles. Before he was turned off
heconfcffed his guilt, and acknowledged, that young as he
was he had been an old offender. Some other trifling
thefts were brought before the court at the fame time,
and thole concerned in them fenteneed to receive corporeal
punilhment, .
The Supply tender failed for Lord Howe’s Ifland to fetch
turtle; as did the Lady Penrhyn tranfport for China. The
Scarborough dropped down the harbour ; flae was followed the
next day by the Charlotte, and they failed in company for
X 2 China.