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1802 Aug: [Sunday] - 22nd. H.M.S. Investigator [in No. 2, port, discovered on the east coast]
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Mod. breezes & hazy weather. A party of gentlemen landed on the north side of the port to examine the country; and the Commander landed upon the island in the entrance. Carpenters employed cutting down pines to make [anchor] stocks. Sent the cutter to haul the sein, and in the evening she returned with moderate success; and having found a watering place on the north side
A.M. Light airs with hazy weather. The Commander took the whale-boat to examine the port. Sent on shore 45 empty casks to be filled on the north side, in a gully where the water comes down from the hills. Carpenters cutting pines upon Entrance Island, for planks etc. and for fire wood. - Lt. Murray reported, that the brigs main keel was so badly sprung as to be useless: this had been done when coming round from Facing Island, No. 1, port.
Fresh breezes and fine weather. Employed on board in the holds
[Monday] - 23. Mod. breezes with fine weather. There being some surf risen upon the small beach where the water runs, we had some difficulty in getting off the casks, and a considerable part were left on the shore, and sent men with a midshipman to get them filled as the water ran. The Commander returned at 7 P.M. from his excursion up the