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1796           home; and had it not been for the numberleƒs mosqui-
March         -tos that inhabit here, should have paƒsed a comfortable night.
Thursday     On the following day our time was employed in exa-
    31       -mining Port Hacking, and in fishing occasionally; but find-
-ing the port very shoal, and but few places in it fit for ship-
-ping, we did not think it worth while expending much time
about. We slept some distance up the port, but did not see
ducks or any thing to shoot any where.
Friday           In the morning, we examined and sounded in going
April     down; and about seven o'clock paƒsed between the points
    1       of the entrance, steering for Point Solander, which was dis-
-tant about seven miles: the wind southerly in a light breeze.
      We found but three-and-half- fathoms in the entrance, and
there is a rock lying off the south point, upon which the
surf breaks when running high. The substance of what we
saw will best appear by the eye sketch.
      At 10 o'clock, we paƒsed Botany Bay, – entered Port Jackson
in the afternoon, and soon after sunset arrived on board the
ship in Sydney Cove.

Our computed distances of places are as follow