Copy of a letter received by Evan Nepean from Banks, 17 November 1789 (Series 23.35) - No. 0001

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The Golden grove brings 14 Kangooroo skins, a bird to be known by the smell it had when living it burrows in the sand like a Rabbit & comes out only in the night, a dog called Tingo [dingo], a small box of black lead any quantity of which may be obtained, Emeus [emus] are seen frequently but no more have been killed, he has built a good house of brick & stone 56 feet above high water mark & on sinking near it a well, 15 feet in Rock, has found a spring of excellent water

To Mr. Nepean dated Novr. 17 1789