Part 8 (1/2)
”Sunday, April 11th At half-past 12 hauled the vessel in close to Governot in 311 bushels At daylight again began to receive grain and by noon received on board to the amount of wheat 774 bushels
The Hawkesbury to Sydney Cove
”Monday, April 12th Preparing to drop down the river At 6 AM un
Hawkesbury River to Sydney Cove
”Tuesday, April 13th At 9 AM hauled up to get down the river but the wind blew so strong in our teeth that ere obliged to come to a few hundred yards below Government House
”Wednesday, April 14th At half-past 12 PM the tide having an to ton the river and by 5 PM got down to the lowest settlers At 8 PM fired a gun and set an arot under weigh and by noon cleared Lover's Leap Reach
”Thursday, April 15th At 5 PM froed to come to in the upper end of Sackville Reach
”Friday, April 16th At one PM a short lull taking place, hove up and tried to ton but i as to render our getting down the river an entire impossibility
”Saturday, April 17th At one PM it lulled and we got under weigh, by 6 PM we caain hove up and towed down, at 3 AM passed the Francis schooner at anchor, at 4 AM cahout Proceeding down the river
At 4 PM came to in Barbin Reach--towed down till half-past 4 AM, at half-past 9 AM again got under weigh and by noon got within the reaches of Mangrove Point; one of the Hawkesbury boats passed us
”Monday, April 19th Working down the river By 2 PM we gained one reach below Sentry Box and there cae trees for the people At half-past 7 two boats passed us going to the Hawkesbury Half-past one AM got down as low as the Barr Reach where we brought up, at 9 AM again got under weigh and by noon we gained Spectacle Reach
”Tuesday, April 20th Proceeding down the river as far as Mullet Island and at half-past 1 PM came to Hove up and made sail down as far as Flint and Steel Cove and then came to; at 9 AM, in boats, and hove up, made sail out of Broken Bay wind at north-west, at 11 AM passed Barren Jowie, by noon the north head of Port Jackson bore south by west 1/2 west
”Wednesday, April 21st Hauled our wind close tacked occasionally till 6 PM e entered the Heads, kept working up the Port and by 7 PM
got as high as Garden Island, and at 8 PM came to an anchor in Sydney Cove
”Thursday, April 29th First and middle parts calm, latter part small breezes, proceeded down the river as far as the French shi+p on board of which the Coentlemen At 2 PM they returned on board and we tacked and stood up for Sydney again, at half-past 2 PM the breeze dying away His Excellency and the other gentlemen left us and went up in their boats At 4 PM, a s up, ere enabled to proceed up, and by 5 PM came to an anchor in Sydney Cove
Sydney Cove to the Hawkesbury
”Friday, April 30th At 11 AM again received orders to get under weigh, loosed sails, hove up and made sail down the Port At noon the Coentlemen came on board and we proceeded down the Harbour all sails set
”Saturday, May 1st Kept standing down the Harbour and at one PM came to an anchor in Lookout Bay where the Cohed and stood up the Harbour and at 6 came to off the Pinch Gut Island in 12 fathoms of water
Sydney Cove to Hawkesbury River
”Saturday, June 12th First part strong gales at South, an to work out of the bay, at 7 weighed and made sail and by 8 cleared the heads, at 9 the head of Port Jackson bore south-west by west distant 3 1/2Reef and by about 11 was abreast of the South Head of Broken Bay At noon nearly reached Barren Jowie
”Sunday, June 13th Kept standing off the Bay and by 3 PM entered Mullet Island Reach, at 5 PM came to in Lay Island Reach, perceived a fresh to be in the river At 2 AM weighed and got a sed us to coan to tow up the River and by 7 PM cahed and proceeded up the river, by 9 AM came to in Sentry Box Reach
”Tuesday, June 15th At 3 PM weighed andup the river--at half-past 7 AM passed the first branch, and at 11 came to
”Wednesday, June 16th At 4 PM, hove up and at 8 PM passed the second branch, at 10 came to, at 1 AM hove up, and by noon passed Portland Head