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 CeAST8 o! AvgrRALIA. 121 water,' where we remained for five minutes par: leying with them, during which they plainly ex- Dee. pressed their disappointment. and mortification at our want of confidence. Upon making signs for fresh water, which they instantly understood, they called out to us--" .do, bd-d,o," and pointed to ..a. part of the bay where Captain Flinders has marked. a rivulet. Bd-do, in the Port Jackson language, means water; it was therefore thought probable that they must have obtained it fm some late visitors; and in this opinion .we were co.nfirmed, for the word kan- Upon our return towards the entrance the na- tives walked upon the beach abreast the boat, and kept with her, until we pulled out of the en. trance, when they resumed their former station upon the rocks, and we returned on board. Upon reaching the brig, the anchor was weighed, and.with a fresh sea-breeze from we soon reached Oyster Harbour, but in cross. ing the bar the vessel took the ground in eleven and a half feet water, and it was some time be* The San Antonio, merchant brig, the vessel that joined our cmpLu! dur**ug our pasnge up the cut cmmt, visited this port in Decmber, 180, and communicated with the natives; iris therefore probablo tht the above words were obtained fin tht ve.el'm crew. Digitized by C;oo,le

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