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 An officer who remained on the bank, relating what occurred there during the absence of Captain Flinders, says,

Captain Flinders arrived at Port Jackson on the 8th Sept. 1803: the following is an extract of his official letter to Governor King, announcing the fate of the Porpoise:

“I think it proper to notice to your Excellency, that the great exertions of Lieutenant Fowler, and his officers and ship’s company, as well as the passengers belonging to the Investigator, in saving his Majesty’s stores, have been very praise-worthy; and I judge, that the precautions that were taken will exonerate the commander of the Porpoise from the