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 COnSTS O AUSLL. 165 crew; but at length we sailed from Port Jackson on the 8th of May. y As it was my intention to take the northerly passage through Torres Strait, I proposed,. in my way up the East Coast, to examine Port Macquarie; and, in order that his Excellency the Governor might be informed of the result of our proceecli as soon as possible, lieutenant- Oxley, R.N., the Surveyor-general of the colony, accompanied me in the Lady Nelson, colonial brig. By noon, the following day, the church of IGng's Towns, in Port Hunter, was seen. Between. Cape Hawke and the Brothers we passed Wallis', Harrington's, and Farquhar's Lakes: and, on the north side of the northernmost- Brother, we saw the entrance of Camden Haven; which, although deeper than the Lakes, is only accessible for very small vessels. The next morning we anchored off Port Mac- quafie; and, whilst the Lady Nelson was beating 'up to an anchorage, lieutenant Oxley accompa- nied me in the whale-boat to examine the entrance. In pulling in we got among the sand rollers on the north side, on which the sea broke so heavy
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