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EXTRAORDINARY ADVENTURE. 293
such circumstances as quite satisfied his mind that the ship
had been wrecked. He found many things thrown amongst
the rocks, and on the shore, which had belonged to the ship,
and amongst others, his own dub, for killing seals, which
had his name cut on it, part of the ship’s bulwark ; and he
told his companions, that the ship must certainly have been
wrecked there; that it was highly probable the crew had.
contrived to refit her, and that they had proceeded with her
to Port Jackson, in New South Wales, and no where else,
and thither they resolved to follow her.
They remained at Western Port about three days, and then
set out for Port Jackson they ran dpwn the coast, and from
island to island, and then proceeded for Van Diemen’s
Land, and at last arrived in the Derwent River, where
they were picked up by Admiral Bligh, whom they met on
board a King’s ship of 20 guns. This was about a fort-
night or three weeks from the time they had left Kent’s
Groupe: he had been in the South Seas before ; he after-
wards arrived at Port Jackson, and went on board the Unity,
and remained at Port Jackson about six months. He then
heard that the Active had ^arrived there some time before,
in a shattered state; but that she had refitted and gone
to sea with a fresh crew, and he never heard of her more.
David Lowrieston, being sworn and examined, stated,
that he had but lately returned to this country, from New
South Wales : he sailed in the ship Active, to Port Jack-
son, in 1809. When the ship went to Bass’s streights,
two boats, the schooner and whale boat, were dispatched
from the ship, in search of seals : they met with very heavy
gales of wind : the ship sailed in search of the boats, and
they were in hopes of picking up Turnbull and his compa-
nions, but missed them : the ship went into Western Port,
in hopes of finding the schooner and whale boat there, but
could not find them. The wind continued to blow very
hard, and they were obliged to cut their cable; but the ship
such circumstances as quite satisfied his mind that the ship
had been wrecked. He found many things thrown amongst
the rocks, and on the shore, which had belonged to the ship,
and amongst others, his own dub, for killing seals, which
had his name cut on it, part of the ship’s bulwark ; and he
told his companions, that the ship must certainly have been
wrecked there; that it was highly probable the crew had.
contrived to refit her, and that they had proceeded with her
to Port Jackson, in New South Wales, and no where else,
and thither they resolved to follow her.
They remained at Western Port about three days, and then
set out for Port Jackson they ran dpwn the coast, and from
island to island, and then proceeded for Van Diemen’s
Land, and at last arrived in the Derwent River, where
they were picked up by Admiral Bligh, whom they met on
board a King’s ship of 20 guns. This was about a fort-
night or three weeks from the time they had left Kent’s
Groupe: he had been in the South Seas before ; he after-
wards arrived at Port Jackson, and went on board the Unity,
and remained at Port Jackson about six months. He then
heard that the Active had ^arrived there some time before,
in a shattered state; but that she had refitted and gone
to sea with a fresh crew, and he never heard of her more.
David Lowrieston, being sworn and examined, stated,
that he had but lately returned to this country, from New
South Wales : he sailed in the ship Active, to Port Jack-
son, in 1809. When the ship went to Bass’s streights,
two boats, the schooner and whale boat, were dispatched
from the ship, in search of seals : they met with very heavy
gales of wind : the ship sailed in search of the boats, and
they were in hopes of picking up Turnbull and his compa-
nions, but missed them : the ship went into Western Port,
in hopes of finding the schooner and whale boat there, but
could not find them. The wind continued to blow very
hard, and they were obliged to cut their cable; but the ship