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Boats having no other Vessel to pursue, the one went 60 Miles along the Coast Northward, the other 40 Miles Southward, but without Success. The Boat which went Northward made discovery of a River about 20 Miles on the South Side of Port Stephens into which they went & had 3 fm. water in its Entrance, which is Coverd from the View of a Vessel going along the Coast, by an Island laying close in; - in this River a considerable quantity of Coal was found, Specimens of which was brought here, & which was exactly the same as that found to the Southward of which I sent you a Box - This discovery as soon as the Multitude of Concerns which occupy my time at present will admit, I shall take a whale Boat & go hither to examine, it is about 60 or 65 Miles to the Northward of this Port.
Our last Harvest has turnd out one of the best we have had in this Country. I am not at all knowing in Agriculture or any thing that may relate to Farming, but I must assure you Sir, that as far as my own observation has gone since here, I Consider this Country a good Grain Country, it is wonderfull to see how Idle & Slovenly some of the Settlers are, & yet how good their Crops in general turn out, Year after Year they Sow their ground, & it has been known that at the Hawkesbury, they have sometimes thrown down the Seed upon the old Stuble without hoeing up the ground, otherwise than by Skimming over the Surface with a Hoe to cover the Seed & have had good Crops.