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the Banks of the Hawkesbury with some of which I was much pleas'd, and earnestly wish more of them had been plac'd in the hands of more industrious & deserving people; I walkd from thence to Parramatta, & with my Pedometer which I generally on such occasions Carry with me, measur'd the distance pretty accurately to be 19 2/3 Miles in a NW & SE direction nearly, but that you may have a more Correct Idea of my Perambulations As well as the Situation of our Cultivated Lands, I will endeavour to project a Chart, which will be founded upon my former Survey, of the three harbours and on which such excursions as I have lately made will be Mark'd. If possible you shall have one by this Conveyance.
Having nothing farther material to Communicate at present, I shall beg leave for such particulars as you may wish to have, to refer you to the Gentleman who will have the care of this, Captain David Collins of the Marine Corps, who has been our Judge Advocate here ever since the Establishment of the Colony, & is well acquainted with all its Concerns, he has assured me that he will have the honour or waiting upon you. I shall therefore only observe Generally "that the Colony is in a fair & thriving way, & woud certainly make rapid progress in improvement were a few alterations which might be pointed out, to take place - "that the farther we search, the more beautiful we find the Country & more luxuriant the Soil, that the Rearing of Live Stock is now much attended to, that it is chiefly in the hands of those who know its value & therefore in no danger of being destroy'd as was for nearly the Case but too frequently; Short allowance of Animal food for never so short a time generally occasiond the destruction of Much of the Live Stock amongst the Settlers, it is therefore highly Material that Government shoud never reduce us to that Situation, but if possible keep up our Stock of Salt Meat