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the morn & 2 in the afternoon
a convict who fled to the woods returned in 10 days turned in by hunger he said the natives were dying of famine
the country will be a valuable acquisition to G.B.
mariners sick - 36
convicts - 66
Old & unfit for labor - 52
officers all well.
they arrivd Jan 20 [1788] the transports came by Cape Horn [indecipherable] sailed July 10.
Cald the County Cumberland
verbal accounts
Port Jackson a fine Harbor 8 Leagues N of Botany bay well waterd not very fertile 4 fathom water within 10 yds of the shore abundance of fish 20 or 30 Kangarous & some opossum killd
they had no accident in their passage
3 Convicts executed for theft
About 40 are dead in all
an officer & 20 men were left at Norfolk Island
First news from Botany bay
March 25, 1789