carried them off; making figns to him (as he interpreted
them):,.to-return to the camp. He further related, that after
they.;had left him, he, faw Burn in the poffeffion of another
party of the natives, who were dragging him along, with
his head bleeding, and feem-ingly in great diftrefs •£ while he
himfelf was. fo exhaufted with lofs of blood, that, inftead
of being able to, afliit his companion, he was happy to
efcape with his;;life.
The Bonk, 'J'a&kfori thr$Jh^-crt which- a ‘.plate is annexed,-
inhabits, the neighbourhood o f Port Jackfon. g The top of.
the head in this fpeeies is blueifit-grey.; from thence dowh
the) hind part'of the neck, and the back, the colour is a.
fine chocolate brown; the wings and tail arc lead colour?
the edges of the feathers pale; the tail itfelf pretty long, and
even at the end; all the undefj parts, from chin to vent are
dulky-whfte, except the middle of .the neck, juft above the
breaft, which inclines to chocolate. The bill is of a dull
yellow?- legs brown. !.
| 2$th. The Supply arrived from’ Lofd Howe’s Ifland;
without a fingle turtle, the '.objedt for;.which £he was fent;:
a dreadful difappointment to- thofe who were languiihing
under the fcurvy; many of whom are. fince dead, and there.
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