1?1?. we should have anchored under Booby Island, to J? ? have obtained some sights. for the time-ksepors, as well as to have furnished the crew with a meal of turtle. Eleven weeMm 'had ?ow elapsed sines l?ving Port Jackson; during which time 'I had able to lay down the different projections of the tout, and our track within the barrier reefs be-. tween the Percy Islands and Cape York; besides having surveyed Part Macquarie, examined Rodd's Bay, and co?str?cted our b?at at Endea- . your River. Until we passed Cape Grafton the w?ather generally fine and favourable for our purpose; but, between that Cape and Tarres Strait, it haci been thick and cloudy, with fi?luent rain; which not only ineteased the danger of the na?, but also considerably rstarded our progress; and, from the continual dampness of the cabins ' below, which,' from the small size of.the vessel, and our not possessing the advantage of a stove to dry them, it was impossible to prevent, ccca- sianed much sickness? but fortunately it was checked by our reaching a more salubrious cli. mate. The attention I was obliged to pay to invalids, took up a great deal of my time, which ought to have been otherwise ami more advanta- geously employed in ti? object o� the voyage.
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