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that he was Convincd there coud be No land to the Westward of him, he reachd the land with difficulty - I have since had occasion to send the Colonial Schooner to the South ward to take from an Island the remaining Crew & Effects of a Ship wrecked there, I sent in the Schooner the Second Lt: of the Reliance (Mr. Flinders) with directions to make such Observations amogst the Islands as he coud, Such Sketches as he had an Opportunity of Making Assisted by those of Mr. Hamilton the Master of the Wreckd Ship, a Sensible well informd Man, who I am Concernd to say died here lately.
[indecipherable] to the Observations of Mr. Bass think leaves very little doubt of the Strait I have formerly mentiond - a Copy of this Chart I send to the Duke of Portland, one to the Admiralty & one to Mr. A. Dalrymple.
Mr. Bass enterd every inlet from hence Southward, but there is not a Harbour to the Southward of Botany Bay, except a Bay Namd by the first Ship (a Whaler) who enterd it, Jervis Bay, and is Certainly the Nong Rose Bay of C: Cook it is but in indifferent harbour open to S E Winds Altho this Letter as Apparently