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 150 SURVEY OF TIlE IN'IICAL' CHAPTER IV.

to Van Diemen's Land, and examination of the entrance of Macquarie Harbour:—Anchor in Pine Cove and cut wood—Description of the Trees growing there:—Return to the entrance, and water at Outer Bay:—Interview with the Natives, and Vocabulary of their language:—Arrive at Hobart Town, and return to Port Jackson.

construction of the charts of the preceding voyage, together with the equipment of the vessel, fully occupied me until the month of December; when, having some time to spare before we could leave Port Jackson on our second voyage to the north coast, in consequence of its being the time when the westerly monsoon prevails, I acquainted His Excellency, the Governor, of my intention of surveying the entrance of Macquarie Harbour, which had lately been discovered on the western coast of Van Diemen's Land. To make my visit there as useful as possible to the colony, a passage was offered to Mr. Justice Field, the Judge of the Supreme Court, who was at that time about to proceed to Hobart Town to hold his court; and, as it was probable that his business would terminate about