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 8 SURVEY OF THB INTERTROPICAL hight of the land of Cape Van Diemen, and having sent our letters on board the Dick for cOnveyance to glad, we parted company bY an interchange of three cheers; and it was not without a considerable degree of regret that we took this leae of our friends; for it is but due to Mr. Harrison to say that we received very great asstapce from him on several occasions: he ffered us his stream anchor to replace in some degree our loss, although he had himself only one left; it was, however, much too small for our purIe. By this opportunity I wrote to the Secretary of 'tim Admiralty, and the Under Secretary of State for the Colonies, and .communicating to them a brief account of our voyage up the east coast, acquainted them of my intention of em- ploying the fine-weather months of July and August upon the north-west coast, and then of going to Mauritius, to replace our anchors and cable, previous. to our examination of the west coast.. �

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