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 164 sa�.� ol THE INTERTROPICAL DZ1AarUaB from Port Jac!2on, and commence a runnn survey of the East (oat :--Examinations ofort Macquarle and the River Hatinge in company wth the Lady Nelson, colonial brig, and assisted by Lieutenant Oxley, K.N., the Surveyor=general of the Colony.-Leav Port Macquarie.-The Lady Nelson returns with the Surveyor-general to Port Jacimon :--Enter the Barrier- reefs at Break-sos $pit.-iiscover Rodd's Bay.--Visit the Percy Islands .--pa through Whtunday Passage, and anchor in Cleveland Bay.--Wood and mer there .Continue the exa- mination of the east coast towards Endeav6urRiver; anchoring progressively at Roc]tingham Bay, Fitzroy Island, Snapper !and, and Weary Bay:--Interview ith the Natives at Rockingham Bay, and ls of a boat off Cape Tribulation :--Arrival off dearour Rivor. s9. B.Tw..s the period of my return from the leb. 5 Derwent and the second week of March, we were May 7. prevented from mrlrln Rrly preparation for our' second voyage to the North Coast by an unusual continuance of the heavy rains incident to that sea- n; which caused three floods on the Hawkes- bury and Nepean Rivers,' and did considerable damage to the ripening crops. This unfavour- able weather so retarded our equipment, that it was the middle of April before we were ready for sea; after which time we experienced further detention from not being able to complete our

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