Saturd 30^th. May contin^d. ——    ✓ I now have 38 days allowance Bread at ¹⁄₁₂ lb p^r. days ✓ Saw many Pieces of Pumice stone on the shore & a very long & large Tree ✓ hove up at the back of the Beach from whence I conclude Gales are strong ✓ when they blow from the NW ✓ our little well still supplies plenty of water. — ✓ Empl^d. a Hand mend^g the Main Sails ✓ Saw a Bee & some Lizards. — ✓ What Beaches we see are of a white sand. – ✓ The Kangooro's I beleive swim from the Main from Isl^d. to Isl^d. — ✓ All the country we can see appeared rather scorched. But a pleasing variety of high & low land & the interior part of the Main Mountainous This Isl^d. may be known by a heap of large Rocks which form round Top Isl^d. that lies ¼ Mile to the ESE of it. I find the Lat^d. of Restoration Point to be 12°:39′ S 144°:44′ E^t

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