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1802 June H.M.S. Investigator [in the harbour of Port Jackson]

[Navigational data not reproduced - see original journal]

[Thursday] - 24th. Mod. & fine weather. Employed working up junk and about the rigging. A.M. Do. weather. Carpenters caulking upon the upper deck. Recd. a launch load of water for present use. Entered Thos. Smith, seaman.

[Friday] - 25th. Mod. breezes with fine weather. People employed working up junk. Lent the launch and a coxon to go up to Parramatta. A.M. Fresh breezes and cloudy. Employed making points and gaskets. Entered Josh. Marlow.

[Saturday] - 26. Do. weather. Came in and anchored in the cove, the Greenwich - Law, from a fishing cruize off New Zealand; and the Francis, colonial schooner. A.M. Fresh breezes with rain. Employed scraping the decks after the caulkers, and other necessary duties

[Sunday] - 27. Fresh breezes and cloudy with rain at times. Came in and anchored, the general Boyd - from a fishing cruize; and the Hercules - Betts, with convicts from England Cork, sent November last. A.M. Mustered the ships company and saw them clean, and afterwards gave part leave to go on shore